Azerbaijan oppositionists to be held in custody for 3 more months

The court decided to extend detention terms for Azerbaijan oppositionists arrested in connection with the October mass riots in Baku. They will be held in custody for three more months.

Thus Musavat Party deputy chairs Ibragim Ibragimli, Sulkhaddin Akper, and Arif Gadjiyev, People's Party chair Panakh Guseynov, and Umid Party chair Igbal Agazade will be held under arrest for at least three more months.

Editors note: See also the article "Azerbaijan NGOs struggle for release of people arrested during October 15-16 mass riots in Baku".