The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice-President of the Commission issued the following statement today:
“I welcome with great satisfaction the release on June 22 the remaining nine imprisoned participants of the peaceful rally held on April 2, 2011. This is a laudable step taken by Azerbaijan in its efforts to restore civil and political rights in the country and to gradually move on the path of ensuring the freedoms of assembly and of speech.
I hope that this decision will also encourage further actions to ensure full protection of fundamental rights and freedoms and to fulfill the country's international commitments with regards to democracy and the rule of law.
The EU remains committed to assist Azerbaijan in this endeavor”, read the statement.
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Politics
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According to the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, the Binaqadi Court in Baku has extended the detention period for the previously arrested leaders of the Karabakh separatists: Arkadiy Gukasyan, Bako Saakyan, Araik Arutyunyan, David Babayan, David Ishkhanyan, Leva Mnatsakanyan, David Manukyan, and Ruben Vardanyan. The corresponding motion was submitted to the court by the Investigative Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan.
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The Norwegian Human Rights Houses Foundation has selected Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Rovshana Rahimova as one of the featured heroes in the photo exhibition "Portraits of Power-2024."
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The investigative team from the prosecutor's office and police in France continues to investigate the murder of Vidadi Iskanderli, the victim's brother, Oktay Iskanderli said. "According to one version from the investigation team, the murder was planned and carried out by professional killers. The killers did not take any valuables from the house, nor did they take the computer, phone, or money," he said.
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