The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, has just expressed on Twitter his concerns about the detention and confiscation of material of two French journalists, Laurent Richard and Emmanuel Bach, by the authorities of Azerbaijan.
He wrote:
Worried by detention & confiscation of material of French journalists in Azerbaijan. Another blow 2 press freedom & human rights in the country.
Recall that the journalists were detained at the Baku airport on departure to Paris. They arrived in Baku for lighting visit of French President Francois Hollande. May 15 special services took their photographic equipment and all the footage, and they themselves were forcibly put on a flight to Paris. -02D-
Politics
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On January 10, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan, Kestutis Vaškevičius.
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By the decree of the head of state on January 10, a "National Data" system is being established in Azerbaijan. The new system aims to ensure efficiency and transparency through the use of digital technologies by central and local executive authorities, state legal entities with controlling shares, public legal entities, other budgetary organizations, as well as local self-government bodies.
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By a decree of the head of state dated January 10, Azerbaijan has established an information system called "Digital Ecology." The new system integrates the activities of the Ministry of Ecology through the use of digital technologies with other individuals and legal entities.
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Due to the large fires that broke out in California on January 7, the Azerbaijani General Consulate in Los Angeles has been evacuated, the official representative of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajiyev reported on Friday.
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