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.”
Politics
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The fourth meeting of the European Political Community will bring together leaders from across the continent on July 18 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The leaders will discuss further support for Ukraine, as well as shared challenges such of energy and connectivity, security and democracy, and migration.
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On July 17-18, Baku will host the first Congress of the leaders of 15 political parties and Movements for the independence of Corsica, Melanesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean and Antilles group. The event was organized by the People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe with the support of the Baku Initiative Group.
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President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of a legal entity under public law, the Republican Blood Bank. According to the document, a legal entity of public law, the Republican Blood Bank, is being established under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health.
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By the order of the head of state, Eyvaz Gurbanov was dismissed from the post of head of the Oguz region of Azerbaijan. By another order, Javid AbdulGadirov was appointed in his place.
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