The Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without political prisoners" condemned the death of a prisoner Elshad Babayev from torture in jail N14. The Alliance regarded the incident as a continuation of violence and lawlessness to stifle freedom of speech, expression and assembly. The murder of Elshad Babayev in custody testifies ill-treatment of prisoners. "Until now, no one has been punished for the murder, and it proves the existence of torture and abuse in prisons, corruption in the Prison Service," said in a statement. The authors called on official Baku to release all political prisoners and an end to repression against the social and political activists. -05D04-
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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