On September 9, President Ilham Aliyev received the Vice President of the European Parliament, Richard Charneski, the President's press service said. The topic of the conversation and the program of the visit have not been disclosed.
Earlier, the European Parliament adopted several critical resolutions in connection with violations of human rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan and called for sanctions against the country's government. This provoked a sharp reaction of official Baku, which stated several times that it would not cooperate and communicate with the European Parliament. -02D-
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Diplomats, civil society representatives, and human rights experts from 57 OSCE member states gathered in Warsaw on Monday to launch the 2024 Human Dimension Conference, an annual platform organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
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The Norwegian Human Rights Foundation has released a report titled “Growing Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan,” drawing attention to the intensifying repression against government critics in the country ahead of COP29.
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In September, staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited individuals of Armenian descent, the Baku office of the ICRC to the Turan agency. The meetings included one-on-one discussions, and conditions were created for the detainees to communicate with their families.
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Elvin Mustafayev, a member of the Alternative Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan "Workers' Platform," has declared a hunger strike while in detention, sources close to the activist told Turan. He has been on hunger strike since September 28.
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