Alliance Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners condemned recent repressions against activists
The Alliance Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners made a statement in which it strongly condemned the verdict against the journalist Parviz Hashimli deprived of liberty for a term of 8 years.
The statement also condemned the arrests of journalist and human rights activist Rauf Mirkadirov and Emil Mammadli, as well as pressure on the director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy Leyla Yunus.
In addition, the Alliance condemned authorities for sentence of 8 members of the NIDA movement, as well as the arrest of activists protesting this sentence.
The Alliance urged the authorities to cease the repression of journalists and civil society activists and to release all those arrested for political reasons. -03D06 -
Politics
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The General Prosecutor's Office conducted an investigation into the illegal mining and unlawful land seizure in the Garadagh, Binagadi, and Khazar districts of Baku, as well as in the Terter region. Facts of illegal extraction of building stone, sand, and gravel were established, carried out by unknown individuals who unlawfully seized land plots.
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The scheduled court session on February 11 did not take place.
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President Ilham Aliyev approved the Azerbaijani-Russian intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in transit cargo transportation along the "North-South" international transport corridor (ITC) on February 11, 2025. The agreement was signed on December 21, 2024, by the heads of the transport ministries of both countries.
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On February 11, the members of the monitoring group of Azerbaijani human rights organizations, Novella Jafaroglu, Saida Godjamanly, and Saadat Babanyarly, were received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding their appeals to the country's leadership concerning the case of the arrested journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi. The human rights activists were listened to, and they were informed that they would be informed on the results of the consideration of their appeal. On February 12, the appeal hearing for the journalist is scheduled for 14:00.
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