on an official visit to Baku, President of PACE Pedro Agramunt , who is in Baku with an official visit, paid a visit to jail N2 Ilgar Mammadov, the convicted leader of the "Republican Alternative" Movement . Agramunt wrote about it his microblog on Twitter, posting photos from the meeting: "Today I met with the convicted Ilgar Mammadov. We continue to work to solve his case," he wrote.
* Ilgar Mammadov and Tofig Yagublu were sentenced to seven and five years in prison on charges of organizing riots in Ismayilli on 23-24 January 2013. Both political figures denied his guilt. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in May 2014 found a violation of the rights of Ilgar Mammadov of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 6 (the right to the presumption of innocence) and Article 18 (limits the use of restrictions on rights.)
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and other international organizations Amnesty International human rights organization International which recognized Yagublu and Mamedov "prisoners of conscience", calling for their release. -16D06-
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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On January 23, Hilal Mammadov, a member of the Board of the Public Council of Talysh of Azerbaijan (OSTA), was interrogated by the State Security Service (SGB) as a witness in the case of researcher Igbal Abilov, who is accused of treason. As reported by Turan, Mammadov was questioned about Abilov's activities, scientific works, and publications.
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