Azerbaijan celebrates Independence Restoration Day
October 18 in Azerbaijan is celebrated as the Independence Restoration Day.
Exactly 33 years ago, on October 18, 1991, the Azerbaijani Parliament adopted the Constitutional Act on the restoration of the state independence of Azerbaijan.
By this document, the Republic of Azerbaijan was declared the successor of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of 1918-20, which fell as a result of the occupation of Azerbaijan by Bolshevik Russia.
According to the Constitutional Act, all citizens were guaranteed full equality, regardless of national and religious affiliation.
For 30 years, October 18 was celebrated as State Independence Day. However, in 2021, the significant date was renamed into Independence Restoration Day.
Until 2006, this day was not a working day.
Politics
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The reality is that the world's population continues to grow dramatically, and this growth is indicative of an enormous food challenge to feed the world's population if it reaches 10 billion people. This is expected to happen soon, requiring a significant increase in agricultural production at much faster rates than in the past, said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mallory at the COP29 climate conference on 19 November, answering questions from Turan.
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On November 18, the Khatai district court granted the petition of the investigative body to extend the arrest term of Imran Aliyev, founder of 'Meclis.info' website, for another three months - until 19 February 2025, his relatives informed 'Turan'.
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On 18 November, the Baku Court of Appeal considered an appeal against refusal to place economist and journalist Farid Mehralizadeh, arrested in the ‘Abzas Media’ case, under house arrest.
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Commissioner O’Flaherty published today a letter he addressed to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in which he asks the authorities for the immediate release of all human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists who are imprisoned for their legitimate work or for expressing dissenting or critical opinions and to drop the criminal charges against them, as well as related restrictions, including a ban on travelling abroad.
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