The United States welcomed the decision to release editor-in-chief of the Turan News Agency Mehman Aliyev from custody, APA reports.
“The United States notes positively the September 11, release from pre-trial detention of Mehman Aliyev, the editor-in-chief of the Turan News Agency. We ask the government to drop the remaining charges against him,” reads the statement issued by spokesperson for the United States Department of State Heather Nauert.