71 candidates for deputies have been approved
156 candidates for deputies were nominated in the early elections to the Milli Majlis on September 1, the head of this body, Mazahir Panahov, said at today's meeting of the Central Election Commission. According to him, one of the nominated candidates, upon his application, refused to further participate in the electoral process. The candidacies of 71 applicants have been approved. The documents of the others are under consideration.
To register an applicant as a candidate for deputy, at least 400 valid signatures of voters must be submitted to the district election commission in support of him. The nomination of candidates for deputies continues. At today's meeting, the CEC approved the plenipotentiary representatives of 7 parties - the Azerbaijan People's Party, the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, the Justice, Law and Democracy Party, the National Front Party, the National Independence Party of Azerbaijan, the Great Azerbaijan Party and the White Party.
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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