The government of France welcomed the pardon 148 convicts in Azerbaijan, including journalists, political activists, and NGO members, on the eve of Novruz.
"We hope that this gesture will be followed by other measures the release of persons detained or sentenced conditionally because of his political activities, which will contribute to the general movement towards the rule of law," reads the information of the French Embassy in Baku sent to Turan agency.
On March 17, President of Azerbaijan pardoned 148 convicts, including 14 political prisoners. Another political prisoner, journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov was released by the court of appeal, which replaced the real term of imprisonment for a conditional punishment. -06D-
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17 and make statements for the press, according to the Kremlin's press service.
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On January 13, the trial in the case of public activist Nijat Ibrahim continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Aygun Gurbanova. The trial was suspended after Ibrahim, in protest against the illegal arrest, began banging his head against the "aquarium cage", trying to commit suicide. At the beginning of the trial, he stated that he had been illegally detained for 4 months, and because of this, his family in Moldova was in a difficult situation, Turan announced this on its Twitter.
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The International Committee of Concerned Scholars (ICS) has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, requesting his assistance in securing the release of the arrested researcher, Igbal Abilov. The ICS expressed concern that Abilov's arrest "may be related to his research on ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan, conducted in collaboration with scholars from Armenia."
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev.
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