Alawsuit was filed against Inglab Kerimov, who is in exile in France under the Article 134 (threat to kill) and 214 (call for terror) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. According to the prosecutor general's office, on 7 January Inglab Karimov on his page on "Facebook" wrote comments threatening individual citizens of Azerbaijan. On the basis of a criminal investigation Inglab Kerimov is wanted, it was reported. Inglab Karimov is a cousin of the leader of Ali Kerimli, the Popular Front Party. He published critical materials about the Azerbaijani authorities. In particular, he argues that the authorities are preparing attacks against those in are in exile and criticizes them. In response, he threatened to take revenge for such actions by the authorities. -03B-
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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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