German Ambassador concerned about journalists' repression in Azerbaijan
German Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ralph Harlemann expressed his concern about repression against journalists in Azerbaijan.
‘To flesh out the Universal Declaration of Human Rights + protect human rights, we need to put cameras+microphones where human rights violations occur.
As the freedom of press is an important indicator of the human rights situation, we remain concerned about violence+reprisals against journalists around the world, including in Azerbaijan,’ he wrote in his social media account X.
Politics
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Official Baku condemned and rejected the allegations made in the statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday issued a statement on escalating crackdown on Azerbaijani civil society and media, urging authorities in Baku to release all those unjustly detained, cease its crackdown, and fulfill the commitments, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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A charter flight operated by Enter Air departed from Yerevan to Baku on Wednesday evening, according to Armenian media citing data from Flightradar24. At Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport, Sputnik Armenia reported that this was a charter flight.
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On Wednesday, a group of famous footballers arrived in Baku. Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba visited several public and cultural sites in the capital and took part in a meeting with football fans at the Crystal Hall.
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