Alfonso Dominguez brings silver medal to Azerbaijan
Cuban Alfonso Dominguez, who competes for Azerbaijan, became a silver medallist of the Olympic Games among boxers in the 92 kg weight category.
In the final bout he lost to Uzbekistan's Lalizbek Mullajonov 0:5.
Dominguez won Azerbaijan’s fifth medal at the Olympics.
Earlier in Paris, judokas Hidayat Heydarov (73 kg) and Zelim Kotsoyev (100 kg) became champions, taekwondist Gashim Magomedov (58 kg) won a silver medal and Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg) won bronze.
Azerbaijan ranks 24th in the unofficial medal standings.
The USA is leading (33-39-39), followed by China (33-26-23) and Australia (18-16-14) rounds out the top 3.
Politics
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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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