Aliyev bears responsibility for the health of Dr. Gubad Ibadoglu’s wife – Chris Smith
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to reports that Irada Bayramova, the wife of Azerbaijani political prisoner Dr. Gubad Ibadoglu, continues to suffer severe physical trauma from a brutal arrest executed last year by Azerbaijani police:
“The savage beating of a political prisoner’s wife—a woman who has not engaged in any public political activity—marks a new low for the Azerbaijani government.
Azerbaijan’s ruthless dictator Ilham Aliyev bears total responsibility for the current state of Dr. Ibadoglu’s health and for that of his wife Irada.
The Biden Administration must do everything in its power to assist and protect Dr. Ibadoglu, his wife Irada, and their children—including their son who recently graduated from Rutgers University—from further threats and speak out much more boldly in the defense of Aliyev’s political prisoners.”
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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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