Issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan raised at 'Forum- 2000' in Prague

According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense's press service on October 15, the Azerbaijani army is establishing units composed of recruits with high intellectual capabilities. After completing the basic training program, these recruits will continue their service in special units.

According to the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, French citizen Cedric Michel, accused by Luxembourg authorities of economic crimes, and Turkish citizen Oguz Atalay, accused by Romanian authorities of forming an organized crime group and illegal migrant smuggling, were placed on international wanted lists and arrested in Azerbaijan.

Public activist Nijat Ibrahim, who protested against the Interior Ministry's ban on travelling out of the country, is behind bars. A criminal case has been opened against him under Article 126.1 (intentional damage to health) of the Criminal Code, lawyer Zibeyda Sadygova told Turan.

On October 14, in Geneva, within the framework of the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the heads of the Parliaments of Azerbaijan and Armenia Sahiba Gafarova and Alain Simonyan held meetings with the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament Numan Kurtulush.