Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr I. Alizadeh / The preparatory hearing regarding the Chairman of the Committee on Protection of Rights of Azerbaijani Ex-Minister for Health, Ali Insanov, and the Chairman of the Public Union for Return to West Azerbaijan, Rizvan Talybov, was postponed to 24 August.
The trial was suspended due to the absence of Talybov's attorney, Telman Novruzzadeh.
Talybov is charged in compliance with Article 221.2.2 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan Republic. The criminal case was filed on the basis of an appeal by his neighbour. Now Talybov is held in the Investigation Cell 3 in Shuvalan settlement nearby Baku. He denies the accusations against him.
Novruzzadeh reported to Trend that he failed to attend the hearing as he had been given incorrect information regarding the hearing.