At a meeting on Wednesday the PACE Monitoring Committee appointed Spanish deputy Agustín Conde a new rapporteur for Azerbaijan, and another Spaniard, Pedro Agramunt. According to the Committee, Conde is a member of the Monitoring Committee and a group of the European People's Party.
A 50-year old Conde was one of the 140 PACE deputies who voted for the resolution on June 23 in Azerbaijan, where the authorities sharply criticized for violations of human rights and democracy.
Reason for Agramunt’sleaving is not reported. However, previously the head of the Monitoring Committee Schennach Stefan said that the speakers are exposed to serious pressure and criticism from all sides.
The second speaker Polish MP Iwiński Tadeusz was also appointed this year instead of the Maltese Debono Grech. -02D-
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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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