By the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, 210 people were convicted. They are released from the remaining term of imprisonment, wrote on his Facebook page a member of the Presidential Commission on Pardons, MP Azay Guliyev. At 18:00 the list of those pardoned was published, and there are no names of political prisoners. This is an unprecedented case of ignoring the requirements of the international community by the authorities. According to a number of pro-government sources, this is the answer Ilham Aliyev to the bill the US Helsinki Commission on the introduction of sanctions against Azerbaijani officials. The authorities had previously announced plans to release a significant part of the political prisoners, but after bill of Smith, the position of the authorities tightened.
This means that the official Baku is going to go to the further aggravation of relations with Washington and the West in general, that does not bode well for democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. At the same time, it means that the pressure from the West will strengthened and the authorities of Azerbaijan are also expecting troubles.-02D-
Politics
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U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Monday that he wanted a deal for rare earth elements and other items from Ukraine in exchange for continued military aid for the war against Russian aggression, TURAN's U.S. correspondent reports.
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On February 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan annulled the results of the municipal elections held on January 29 at six polling stations. In particular, the voting results were declared invalid due to violations identified at polling stations NN: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 in the 81st Imishli constituency.
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The opposition party “Musavat” has demanded the release of all political prisoners and stated that the authorities are responsible for their health conditions, it was announced at a meeting of the party's Executive Board (Divan) on Monday. “Musavat” expressed concern over reports of health problems among many political prisoners, including civil society activists Anar Mamedli and Alekser Mamedli.
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The consideration of the lawsuit filed by Hafiz Babaly, the editor of the economics department at Turan news agency, against the online publication Qafqazinfo.az, is being unjustifiably delayed. Babaly had been arrested in connection with the Abzas Media case.
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