Baku / 13.09.18 / Turan: On Wednesday, within the framework of the Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Arlem Desir, discussed the media situation in Azerbaijan with the executive director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, Emin Huseynov. About this Desir wrote on his microblog on Twitter.
In turn, Huseynov told Turan that he informed Desir about the problems with media freedom in Azerbaijan, about arrested journalists and bloggers, the blocking of websites and other violations of freedom of expression. According to Huseynov, Desir noted that he was not yet in Azerbaijan as OSCE special representative for media freedom and hopes to carry out such a visit before the end of the year.
The Warsaw Conference on the Human Dimension is held annually by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.-06B--
Politics
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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