On 10 July 2009, Judge Rauf Ahmedov of the Sabail district court in Baku placed both of them in pretrial detention for two months.[6][7] German Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Günter Nooke was in Baku during their trial and was the only one allowed to see Emin Milli for a few minutes after being kept waiting.[8] Subsequently, a higher court rejected their appeal.[9]