Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijan of "unprecedented provocation" and the aggravation of the situation. Yerevan also denied that the military Mi-24 helicopter was attacked from the Azerbaijani positions, said spokesman of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan. He also claimed that the Azerbaijani militarists continued shelling the helicopter after fall, and it was impossible to approach the pilots. "The consequences of this provocation will be very painful for Azerbaijan, and the military-political leadership of this country will bear responsibility," said Hovhannisyan. The fate of the crew is still unclear, however, Armenians previously acknowledged that three pilots were killed. -02D-
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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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