Adviser to the head PPFA, Mahammad Ibrahim, was arrested today in Baku by the police near the "Narimanov" metro station. He was taken to the Police station 40.
The PPFA believes that detention is connected with the upcoming rally of opposition to be held on August 18. In particular, the authorities try intimidate citizens and prevent mass rally.
The statement of PPFA also reported the closure of the tea house in Sumgait in front of the Culture House named after Narimanov, a place of gathering the opposition members. Because of the lack of offices of opposition parties in Sumgait, the activists of political parties meet and discuss their affairs in this place. -05B06-
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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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