Baku / 19.01.18 / Turan: The Board of the Assembly of Azerbaijanis of the World (AAW) and its representative office will hold a meeting in Moscow on March 24. The meeting will be held with a view to strengthening the activities of the Assembly, preparing the Program of Activities and the Regulations of the missions operating in various parts of the world, strengthening ties with international organizations, AAM reported.
AAW planned to hold also a meeting with representatives of the Russian government, Russian media, political parties operating in Russia, Azerbaijani organizations. Initial agreements on this have already been reached. In addition, the meeting participants will celebrate Novruz holiday in Moscow, the press service of the AAW. -0-
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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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