On August 4, 2022, members of the radical religious group
Baku/27.01.23/Turan: Turan News Agency has modelled a chronicle of incidents related to Azerbaijani diplomatic missions abroad
On August 4, 2022 members of the radical religious group "The Mahdi Servants Union" stormed the building of the Azerbaijani Embassy in London and carried out a pogrom.
On 16 September 2022, a violent group of Armenians attacked the Azerbaijani Embassy in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The crowd tried to break into the back of the Embassy but was stopped by security forces.
On 18 September 2022 the Armenian radicals attacked the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris. Their attempts to break into the rear were thwarted.
On the night of 10-11 October 2022, shots were fired at the official vehicle of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Washington. No one was injured.
On 30 January 2011, Nijat Gojayev, an official of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Egypt, was killed during a mass riot in Cairo.
On 30 August 2001, a car carrying two attachés of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran, Rza Ibrahimov and Jabrail Khanlarov, as well as "Azer Tac" state news agency's own correspondent Uzeyir Kerimov, fell off the bridge into the river on the Resht-Enzeli highway. All three passengers as well as the driver of the car, an Iranian citizen, were killed.-0-
Politics
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.
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