Arsenal of weapons found in kindergarten in Khankendi
A drone, 29 machine guns and 416 grenades were found in the basement of a kindergarten in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. The police also seized 4 pistols, 27 rifles, 113 fuses, 113 explosives, 1,178 magazines for cartridges, 8,508 shells, 24,320 cartridges of various calibers, 30 caps, 3 optical sights, 10 night vision devices, 50 communications equipment, 57 gas masks, 4 binoculars and other ammunition from the basement.
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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