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Charges dropped against Azerbaijan’s Turan news agency

by OC Media

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Azerbaijan has dropped criminal charges against independent media outlet the Turan Information Agency and its head, Mehman Aliyev, according to the agency. Turan reported on 2 November that Aliyev had been ‘invited’ to the General Prosecutor’s Office where he met with Rustam Usubov, First Deputy Prosecutor General. Usubov handed Aliyev an official letter confirming the termination of case against him and the agency, they say. The letter reportedly said both cases were terminated on

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Azerbaijan reinstates tax penalties against Turan Information Agency

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan has reinstated tax penalties against independent news outlet Turan Information Agency only days after the agency was informed the sanctions against them were dropped. According to Turan, the agency received three emails from the Baku department of the Ministry of Taxes on 18 September. The letters, dated 15 September, said that Turan owed ₼37,253 ($21,400) in taxes and additional ₼9,294 ($5,500) as interest for delaying the repayment, the outlet wrote.

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Azerbaijani Taxes Ministry drops tax penalties for Turan Information Agency

by OC Media

•3 min read

The Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan has dropped tax penalties for independent news outlet Turan Information Agency four days after moving its head from pretrial detention to house arrest. Rights groups have urged authorities to drop all charges against him. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Taxes opened an investigation into Turan on 7 August, and on 16 August raided their office in Baku, confiscating financial, work, and personal records as well as freezing their accounts. The charges against Tu

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Turan head Mehman Aliyev moved to house arrest

by OC Media

•2 min read

Baku’s Yasamal District Court released Mehman Aliyev, head of independent news outlet the Turan Information Agency, from pretrial detention on 11 September, placing him under house arrest. The charges against him are still pending. The news comes the same day that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned Aleksandr Lapshin, a blogger imprisoned for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. ‘I was ready for everything’, Aliyev told Radio Azadlig, RFE/RL’s local service. Caucasian Knot quoted Aliye

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Baku court upholds charges against Turan news agency head

by OC Media

•2 min read

Baku Court of Appeals rejected an appeal on 30 August by Mehman Aliyev, the head of independent news outlet the Turan Information Agency, for the charges against him to be dropped. Aliyev was arrested last week on charges of ‘tax evasion’ and ‘abuse of power’; rights groups and several Western governments have called for his release. Aliyev is currently being held in pretrial detention awaiting trial. Azerbaijan’s Taxes Ministry opened an investigation into the agency on 7 August, and on

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Head of Azerbaijan’s Turan news agency detained

by OC Media

•2 min read

Mehman Aliyev, the head of independent Baku-based news outlet the Turan Information Agency, was arrested on 24 August for ‘tax evasion’ and ‘abuse of power’, according to the agency. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Taxes initiated criminal proceedings against the agency on 7 August and froze their accounts a few days later. Aliyev’s lawyer Fuad Aghayev said his client’s detention was illegal. International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders have called the charges against Aliyev and Tur