The head of the group of EU Eastern Partnership Program, John Kyaer, sent an e-mail to Atakhan Abilov, the head of the Public Committee to Protect the Rights of Hilal Mammadov, the arrested head of the Talysh Cultural Center. The letter was prepared on behalf of the Commissioner Füle in response to a letter dated October 24, Abilov.
The case of Hilal Mammadov is under control of my department and the EU office in Baku. Mammadov also matter was brought to the attention of the Ombudswoman of Azerbaijan in the form of an official request by the EU Delegation. In the future we plan to meet with the family to express solidarity of the EU.
Mamedov matter will be raised in the human rights dialogue EU-Azerbaijan within the Subcommittee on Justice, Home Affairs and Human Rights, EU-Azerbaijan to be held on November 19-20, and will be included in the agenda of the dialogue with Azerbaijan," the message says. -02D-
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It has been 35 years since the harrowing night of January 19-20, 1990, when a 35,000-strong army corps, following orders from the Soviet leadership, forcefully entered Baku. This invasive act resulted in numerous civilian casualties, marking a tragic chapter in the struggle for Azerbaijani independence. The Soviet army's incursion into Baku was orchestrated to quell the burgeoning national liberation movement, particularly to thwart the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for March 1990.
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A local activist of the Musavat Party, Alikram Khurshidov, was detained in the city of Shirvan last night.
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Erin Robertson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, responded to a Voice of America inquiry regarding Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov’s January 16 statement that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will no longer be de jure able to operate in Azerbaijan after June 1, 2024.
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Mark Libby, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan as the U.S. Ambassador, delivered a final message, which was published on the U.S. Embassy's Facebook page.
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