Baku/17.03.20/Turan: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Championship in men's gymnastics, scheduled for May 27-31 in Baku, was rescheduled.
According to the website of the International Gymnastics Federation, a number of other tournaments, which were also to be held in Baku, were postponed: the rhythmic gymnastics tournament scheduled for April 17-19 for the prizes of Yana Batyrshina, as well as the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, which was to be held 24- 26 April.
New dates for these competitions will be determined later. — 06D-
Politics
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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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