Ali Zeynal

Affiliated media: Toplum TV , Employee

Incident date: July 3, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Turan.az

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The Khatai District Court extended the terms of the pre–trial detention of activists of the Institute of Democratic Initiatives (IDI) Ali Zeynal, Ilkin Amrahov, Ramil Babayev arrested "in the case of Toplum TV" for another 3 months - until October 6, their lawyers reported. According to the defenders, the decisions to extend the arrests are not justified, and an appeal will be filed against them. On March 6-8, 9 employees of Toplum TV and its partner organisation, the Institute of Democratic Initiatives, were detained. They were accused of smuggling foreign currency. Seven people were arrested and two were placed under police supervision.