Amnesty International urged the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally release the remaining detained five activists of NIDA.
The statement noted that as a result of appeals to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on December 29 2014 he pardoned activists of NIDA, Zaur Gurbanli and Uzeyir Mammadov. Before that, on October 18, 2014 he pardoned Bakhtiyar Guliyev and Shahin Novruzlu.
However, 5 activists arrested for freedom of expression, Rashadat Akhundov, Mahammad Azizov, Ilkin Rustamzade, Rashad Hasanov and Omar Mammadov are still in prison.
* NIDA activists were arrested in connection with the protest on March 10, 2013 in Baku against the soldiers' deaths in the army and sentenced to 6-8 years on charges of organizing mass disorder, illegal possession of explosives, drugs and others. The activists have been recognized by Amnesty International as "prisoners of conscience". -16D-
Politics
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The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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