[1] On 8 July 2009, Hajizada and another Azerbaijani youth activist and blogger Emin Milli were assaulted and severely beaten by two men in a restaurant in downtown Baku.
[2] Milli and Hajizada went to file a complaint about the assault, but instead police detained them and opened a criminal case against both, who are charged with hooliganism.
[4][5] Günter Nooke, German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights who was present in Baku during their trial but had to wait before the court and eventually, was the only one allowed to see Emin Milli for a few minutes.
[7] Reporters Without Borders,[8] Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe[9] and European Union,[10] as well as a number of foreign countries have strongly condemned Milli and Hajizada's arrest, while the case prompted protests from 18 officials of the University of Richmond,[11] where Adnan studied and from BP,[12] who employs him.
Investigation in Milli and Hajizada's case was concluded on 22 August and an additional charge was brought against them ("deliberately inflicting minor bodily harm").