Baku / 04.04.20/ Turan: From 00:00 hours on April 5 to 00:00 hours on April 20, the entry and exit to the territory of Azerbaijan by land and air transport, except for the carriage of goods, is completely suspended, the Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers said in the evening on April 4.
This measure is being introduced in order to intensify work on the prompt detection of cases of coronavirus infection within the country, isolation, as well as identification of the circle of contacts of infected persons.
"Given the development of the global pandemic, Azerbaijani citizens abroad are urged to exercise restraint and strictly adhere to the quarantine regime of the host countries," it was informed. -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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