Meydan TV trial resumes in Baku following changes to judges and prosecutor

The new composition of the court rejected the defense's motions in the case of Meydan TV.

The trial of Meydan TV has resumed in the Baku Serious Crimes Court after a change in the composition of judges. The defendants reported procedural violations, the defense requested a mitigation of the preventive measure and drew attention to the health condition of the accused, but the court rejected these requests. The court also began a new judicial investigation and continued interrogations, including that of photojournalist Ahmed Mukhtar, who denied any connection to Meydan TV.

Appeal court hearing continues for Armenian citizens in Baku

On June 23, the Baku Court of Appeal continued hearings on the appeals filed by citizens of the Republic of Armenia – Araik Harutyunyan, Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, David Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, and others, AzerNEWS reports.

In the name of the law: Chats suggest Khan abused office to leverage SAPS tenders

Evidence leaders at the Mandlanga Commission continued on Monday to plough through chats between senior Crime Intelligence officer Feroz Khan and car spares shop owner Ismail Vally about various lucrative SAPS tenders. While Major General Feroz Khan remained hospitalised after being shot in the abdomen a week ago, evidence leader advocate Adila Hassim resumed proceedings, [] The post In the name of the law: Chats suggest Khan abused office to leverage SAPS tenders appeared first on The Namibian.

Meet Ilya Novikov, the Russian-born lawyer and sharp Zelensky critic helping to defend the Ukrainian man accused of bombing the Nord Stream pipeline

Defense attorney Ilya Novikov moved from Russia to Ukraine in 2019. Back home, he has been sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison for spreading ”fake news,” labeled a “foreign agent,” added to the registry of “terrorists and extremists,” and put on a wanted list in a separate criminal case — on treason charges for fighting on Ukraine’s side. Now, as a Ukrainian lawyer, Novikov is defending Serhii Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian citizen who was detained in connection with the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines and later extradited to Germany. Novikov is also handling several cases for former President Petro Poroshenko, and he is a critic of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s policies. (Zelensky and Poroshenko have a long-running feud.) Meduza asked Novikov about his criticisms of Zelensky and his administration, and why he thinks Ukraine’s government imposed sanctions on Poroshenko.

Judge blocks Tyler Robinson hearing exhibits from broadcast after confession letter error

A Utah judge began the final day of a slate of preliminary hearings in the Charlie Kirk murder case on Friday by barring reporters from showing exhibits presented in court, after a damning letter allegedly written by Tyler Robinson was errantly broadcast on Thursday. Robinson faces charges in the Sept. 10, 2025, killing of Kirk []