Strasbourg / 01/21/19 / Turan: "We are extremely concerned about the blogger Mehman Huseynov in Azerbaijan. We are closely following his case and call on the authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. We also call for the release of all other political prisoners immediately," announced on Monday during the plenary session of the Council of Europe by the rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee Stephan Schönnach.
Today, PACE held hearings on the case of Mehman Huseynov with the participation of Shennach and its participants condemned official Baku for persecuting dissidents, violating the rights and freedoms of citizens. They called on the authorities to fulfill their obligations to the Council of Europe and finally solve the problem of political prisoners.
The discussion participant, the blogger"s brother Emin Huseynov, told Turan that the authorities should put an end to the repression against their own citizens. -02B-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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