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-
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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