Baku/13.12.13/Turan : In connection with the forthcoming visit to Baku, the UK Foreign Minister William Hague and civil society activists in Azerbaijan launched a campaign to send appeals to the page of the British diplomat in Twitter (https://twitter.com/WilliamJHague). They request to raise during the December 17 meeting with President Ilham Aliyev a question about problems with political prisoners in the country. Turan was told by the head of Human Rights Club Rasul Jafarov .
Given the fact that before the visit there is little time left , the campaign organizers called to actively send appeals to Haig's Twitter profile. - 06B-
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