'Deeply Troubled': State Dept On Detention of Anar Mammadli
'Deeply Troubled': State Dept On Detention of Anar Mammadli
The U.S. State Department on Monday reacted to the detention of Anar Mammadli, the head of the Election Monitoring Center in Azerbaijan.
"We are deeply troubled by the continuing arrests of members of Azerbaijani civil society – most recently, Anar Mammadli," a State Department spokesperson told TURAN's Washington correspondent.
Mammadli's detention on Monday is the latest in a series of arrests of civic activists and journalists.
"We urge the Azerbaijani government to immediately release all individuals who are unjustly detained," a State Department spokesperson said. "We continue to urge the Azerbaijani government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including those exercising freedom of expression."
Mammadly's detention came just a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in which he "urged Azerbaijan to adhere to its international human rights obligations and commitments and release those unjustly detained in Azerbaijan," according to the State Department's readout of the call.
-
- Economics
- 30 April 2024 12:34
Politics
-
The United States said on Monday that it aims for Ukraine's victory and the defeat of Russia in the war initiated by the Kremlin, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
-
The United States said Monday that it had been unable, largely due to logistical reasons, to accept an Iranian request for assistance following a helicopter crash over the weekend that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and other high level officials, as the State Department offered its condolences, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
-
The investigation period in the case of opposition politician, academic economist Gubad Ibadoglu has been extended until 20 August.
-
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today visited the Iranian Embassy in Baku to express condolences over the death of Iranian President Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other accompanying persons in a helicopter crash, the website of the head of state reports.
Leave a review