MEPs called on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners before the European Games, according to sources in Strasbourg.
President of the European Parliament Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said that the Azerbaijani authorities should ensure that the rights and freedoms of their citizens are observed under the European Convention of Human Rights and the Declaration on Human Rights.
The European Parliament is preparing to take a resolution on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan during its session this June. Prior to that, MEPs demand the release of journalists, human rights defenders and political activists on the lists of political prisoners. -03D04-
Politics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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