Member of the Monitoring Group of the human rights organizations of Azerbaijan, the head of the Society for Protection of women's rights, Novella Jafaroglu, condemned at today’s press conference the detention of the Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus.
The members of the monitoring group received the information about the detention of Yunus during a press conference on the human rights situation in the country. Condemning the arrest of spouses Jafaroglu said: “Perhaps we, along with other human rights defenders, will speak out in more detail in the near future.”—05C06--
Politics
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A member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Hajiyev was detained at about 5:00 p.m. on Friday in front of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
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The United States Friday announced its largest sanctions yet on Russia’s energy sector targeting oil and LNG exports, aiming to cost Moscow billions monthly that Biden administration officials said will limit money available for the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, and giving Kyiv more leverage for negotiations, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The identity card of renowned economist and political activist Gubad Ibadoglu has been invalidated, further restricting his rights after his release under house arrest. Ibadoglu himself informed Turan about this.
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BP-Azerbaijan has suspended operations at its offshore Alpha platform at the Shah Deniz gas condensate field due to a technical fault in a subsea gas pipeline used to transport gas condensate, company spokesperson Tamam Bayatly said on Friday.
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