On October 29, a group of Azerbaijani political émigrés staged a protest in front of the White House in Washington, calling for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, the information was shared on social media.
During the protest, participants also chanted slogans calling for a boycott of the COP29 climate conference in Baku due to the presence of political prisoners in the country. The protesters held up portraits of those imprisoned and demanded their release.
However, the authorities in Azerbaijan reject criticism from local and international organizations regarding the human rights situation in the country. Official Baku denies the practice of politically motivated persecution of its citizens and asserts that there is "equality for all before the law." Meanwhile, local human rights groups report that there are currently 319 political prisoners in the country.
Politics
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Speaking in the country's Parliament on 31 October, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan styated that Armenia's participation in the COP29 summit in Baku has not been confirmed yet.
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President Ilham Aliyev today received credentials of newly appointed Ambassadors of a number of countries.
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The U.S. State Dept on Wednesday refrained from commenting on Georgian officials' interpretation of President Joe Biden's latest statement about the country, making it clear that the U.S. leader's calls on Tbilisi authorities to investigate election irregularities speaks for itself, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The Biden Administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on about 400 firms across Russia, Türkiye, India, China and a dozen other countries, accusing them of providing products and services that enable the Kremlin's war effort and aid its ability to evade sanctions, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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