Baku / 06.02.18 / Turan: The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has today approved a calendar plan of the main events related to the preparation and holding of the early presidential elections, which are scheduled for April 11. According to the document, submission to the CEC of documents necessary for registration of the presidential candidate will continue from February 27 to 18:00 on March 12. Prior to April 1, applications will be accepted to the CEC to monitor the elections throughout the territory of Azerbaijan.
Those wishing to observe the elections in the territory of individual constituencies may apply for accreditation to the relevant district election commissions by April 6.
Pre-election campaigning will begin for 23 calendar days before the election day and will end 24 hours before the start of voting, that is, it will be held from March 19 to 08:00 on April 19.
The voting will begin on April 11 at 08.00 and finish at 19.00. Preliminary results of voting will be known late in the evening on April 11.-06D--
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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