The release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan was welcomed on Thursday by the European Parliament’s vice-president for Human Rights and Democracy Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE,DE).
"We are relieved to hear that Rasul Jafarov and fourteen other political prisoners have been pardoned by President Aliyev. Of course, they shouldn't have been imprisoned in the first place. However, we see this step as a sign that the Azeri government is interested in restoring relations with the EU by respecting such fundamental rights as freedom of speech and assembly”, he stated.
He added that “other prisoners like Khadija Ismayilova, Intigam Aliyev and Ilgar Mammadov need to be released as well", - reads a statement sent to Turan. -02D-
Politics
-
On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
-
From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
-
President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
-
At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
Leave a review