BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 10. The preventive
measure of house arrest imposed on former head of the Presidential
Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev has been extended, Trend reports.
The Sabail District Court considered a motion filed by an
investigator of the State Security Service regarding the extension
of the house arrest measure imposed on Ramiz Mehdiyev.
The court granted the motion and extended the term of house
arrest imposed on Mehdiyev for an additional four months.
Ramiz Mehdiyev is accused under Articles 278.1 (actions aimed at
seizing state power), 274 (treason), and 193-1.3.2 (legalization of
property obtained by criminal means) of the Criminal Code of
Azerbaijan.
As part of the criminal case, the chairman of the Popular Front
Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Ali Karimli, his adviser Mammad
Ibrahim, as well as the former head of the Secretariat of the
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and former employee
of the Presidential Administration, Eldar Amirov, have been
arrested. The term of their detention measures was also extended
for four months on the previous day.
