On February 28 a Congressman Walter B. Jones joined the U.S. Congress Working Group on Azerbaijan. Thus, the number of group members has reached 62 , according to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington. A working group operating since 2004 plays an important role in strengthening the partnership between the two countries.
On February 27 co-chairs Bill Shuster and Steve Cohen made statements on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.
On February 27, Congressman Pete Olson also issued a statement condemning the massacres in Khojaly.
He also urged the U.S. government to increase efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of international law. –06D—
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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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