Baku/14.03.22/Turan: On March 14, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry published new data on the number of Azerbaijani citizens evacuated from Ukraine.
“Until March 14, over 7,500 people were evacuated from Ukraine to Azerbaijan. Of these, 3,000 were delivered by charter flights, 4,500 by buses,” the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
For the evacuation of citizens, 15 charter flights were organized to the cities of Iasi and Bucharest in Romania, and Polish Katowice.
When exporting, priority is given to women, children, the elderly, the sick and other citizens from sensitive groups.
In addition, the return of Azerbaijani citizens is provided at their own expense.—06B-
Politics
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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