On Friday the Committee to protect Hilal Mamedov, the editor of "Tolishi Sado" and the Talysh Cultural Centre, discussed issues of strengthening its defense to start a lawsuit, which is scheduled for January 23.
Member of the Committee, a human rights activist, Arzu Abdullayeva, noted the importance of involving international organizations, and including his name into the list of persons persecuted for political reasons.,
On January 24 at the press conference his lawyer will inform the public about the materials of the investigation and the charges.
The Committee intends to demand that the entire process of the case was open and asked media to cover fully the trial. A separate application will be submitted to the diplomatic missions.
* Hilal Mammadov was arrested in June 2012 and charged with possession of drugs, and then of spying for Iran. In connection with the charge of espionage, a number of episodes of the court trial will be closed.-05C-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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