20.01.2022
Baku/20.01.22/Turan: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited the Martyrs' Alley where they paid tribute to the victims of January 20, 1990.
On this day 32 years ago the Soviet leadership sent troops to Baku in order to suppress the national liberation movement.
On the night of January 20, during the military operation 134 civilians were killed and more than 700 people wounded. Another 13 people were killed in Neftechala and Jalilabad.
President Ilham Aliyev laid a wreath to the Eternal Flame memorial.-0-
Politics
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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EU Reporter sadly announces the death from natural causes this week of its Political Editor Nick Powell, whilst attending the Global Media Forum in Susha, Azerbaijan.
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The health of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on hunger strike for the 43rd day, has deteriorated sharply. On the night of July 26, he was transferred from the Baku pre-trial detention center-1 to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service, the economist's brother Nazim Gasimov told Turan.
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On July 26, the trial of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. Three witnesses were heard. One of them said that she had once asked Hajiyev for help in obtaining a visa for a tour to the Czech Republic and had no other business with him. At the same time, the witness stressed that she did not personally transfer the money, but made a transfer for the service.
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