Azerbaijani Court Rejects To Release Media Outlet's Co-Founder Under House Arrest

2024-03-29 10:08:42

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. The co-founder ofAzerbaijan's Toplum TV channel Alasgar Ahmadoghlu (Mammadli) hasn'tbeen released under house arrest, Trend reports.

The defense motion against the Toplum TV co-founder tosubstitute the selected preventative measure of imprisonment withhouse arrest was considered.

The request presented during the trial in Baku's Khatai DistrictCourt has been dismissed.

Previously, Ahmadoghlu, Toplum TV's other co-founder Akif Gurbanov,their staff, and Ruslan Izzatli, a founding member of the IIIRepublican Platform, were sentenced to four months in prison as apreventive measure.

A criminal prosecution has been started against them under Article206.3.2 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code (smuggling conducted by agroup of people with prior conspiracy).

Employees of the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry carried out anoperation in the office of Toplum TV internet television and atseveral other addresses on March 6.

The ministry said that its police officers carried outoperational search measures based on received information regardingthe activities of a group of individuals at the office situated at98 B, Y.V. Chamanzaminli street, Narimanov district, as well as atother addresses in Baku.

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