Yesterday the PFPA activist Ilgar Rzayev was released under amnesty. He was arrested on 11 May 2012 and sentenced to two years in prison on charges of illegal possession of drugs.
Rzayev’s family lived in the area of demolition for the construction of the so-called "winter boulevard" and participated in protests against the violation of the property rights of the local citizens. His mother Shirinbagi Rzayeva spoke at the rally, and accused Ilham Aliyev of arbitrariness to the opposition.
Rzayev himself on 10 May 2012 participated in a protest against the violation of human rights on the eve of Eurovision SC in Baku. -06D –
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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