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Baku / 27.05.19 / Turan: On the eve of the Republic Day, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev laid flowers on the Obelisk of the Declaration of Independence on Istiglaliyat Street in Baku. The monument was erected in May 2007 on the eve of the 89th anniversary of the establishment of the People"s Republic of Azerbaijan (PRA: 1918-20). It is built of granite and white marble. On it, in Arabic and Latin letters, there is a "Declaration of Independence, adopted in Tiflis on 28 May 1918".
On May 28, 1918, the Declaration on the proclamation of the People"s Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted in the city of Tiflis. The Republic existed until April 28, 1920 and fell as a result of the occupation of Azerbaijan by Bolshevik Russia. -06D--
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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