23 January Thursday 12 .00 will be presented a list of "prisoners of conscience " and political prisoners in Azerbaijan in January 2014 , prepared by the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD).
The presentation is scheduled to inform :
- The implementation of commitments by Azerbaijan to release political prisoners, taken when joining the Council of Europe ,
- About the work of the rapporteurs of the PACE,
- About the court hearings on the " prisoners of conscience" and the scheduled sentencing, the press office of the IPD said.
The presentation will be held in the office of IPD at 8 Talaat Shikhaliyev Street.
Phones: (99 455) 26 43 959; (99 450) 317 14 01.
P.S. The hotels Diplomat, Park Inn, ISR Plaza and Baku Press Center denied the IPD tenancy . -0 -
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