A group of members of the international human rights organization "Reporters without Borders" and political refugees from Azerbaijan held a joint protest rally on June 24 in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
As reported by the organizers, the protesters demanded the release of journalists and bloggers arrested in Azerbaijan. The action itself was held at a time when the PACE session was addressed by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
The participants were holding posters with images of imprisoned journalists and were chanting slogans demanding their release. They also demanded that the PACE deputies demand from Baku to release the detained media workers.
A similar action took place in the hall when Aliyev spoke. He did not hide his irritation. -16D-
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A quadrocopter of the Armenian armed forces attempted to carry out reconnaissance flights over the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of Lachin region at about 17.40 on 28 July, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry reported this morning.
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The mother of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on a hunger strike for the 45th day in prison, appealed to the public on July 28 to help free her son and save him from death.
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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