South (Iranian) Azerbaijanis, living in America protested in New York in front of the UN headquarters against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to the USA, reads a message from the Facebook page of the National Awakening Movement of Southern Azerbaijan (NAMSA).
Activists and organizations of national resistance participated in the action. The picketers chanted: "Independence to South Azerbaijan," "End the ban on education in Turkic language," "Not only Persians live in Iran," and others.—03D06--
Politics
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Afgan Sadygov, head of 'Azel.TV' website, arrested in Georgia with the purpose of extradition to Azerbaijan, has gone on a dry hunger strike since 2 February. This was reported to Turan by his wife Sevinj Sadygova after a telephone conversation with her husband on 2 February.
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Although the health condition of human rights defender Anar Mammadli, who is being held in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1, has further deteriorated, he is not receiving adequate medical care. This was reported to 'Turan' by lawyer Elchin Sadygov, who visited Mammadli in the pre-trial detention centre.
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Owing to the regular closure of airspace over Astrakhan, state airline AZAL suspends all flights on the Baku-Astrakhan-Baku route for an indefinite period for flight safety. This was announced by Azerbaijan's state airline AZAL on 3 February.
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The State Security Service (SSS) and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan (IMA) have reported the liquidation of a radical extremist group in Gusar region. It is reported that 8 members of the group were killed while offering armed resistance, and 6 were arrested.
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