On 1 February Ilham Aliyev received the head of the Board of the Transparency Initiative in the Mining Industry (EITI) Frederick Rheinfelden, and discussed with him the issues Azerbaijan in this Organization. According to the official report, Baku intends to continue cooperation with the EITI and to conduct measures to restore the status of full membership of Azerbaijan in this organization.
In March 2015 Azerbaijan was reduced to the status of "observer" because of the civil society rights violations, the introduction of legislative restrictions, absence of transparency and high level of corruption. In October, at the meeting of the Board of the EITI, Azerbaijan’s status was not upgraded because it failed to fulfill promises to eliminate the existing shortcomings and create normal conditions for civil society in the face of the Coalition of non-governmental organizations. -02D-
Politics
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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