On April 25, French President Francois Hollande came with a brief visit to Baku after Yerevan. It was a necessary diplomatic move, "to avoid the feeling of humiliation of the two neighboring countries," writes the French Le Monde.
In the previous visit to Baku in May 2014 Hollande already raised the issue of the human rights activist Leyla Yunus before Ilham Aliyev.
During the meeting with Yunus in the French embassy in Baku, Hollande handed her the Legion of Honor for the tireless defense of civil society. Three months after meeting with Hollande Leyla Yunus was arrested on charges of "treason" and "espionage" in favor of Armenia, and after five days her husband, historian Arif Yunus was also arrested.
Many international human rights organizations have asked Hollande to raise the issue of release of the couple Yunus before Aliyev. However, Aliyev's government is insensitive to the protests, given the interests of the Western powers in oil reserves in Azerbaijan.
Jean-Marie Burden, director of the French branch of Human Rights Watch in an open letter to President Hollande wrote: "We urge you to make clear that neither you nor French officials will go to the opening ceremony of the European Games, if all human rights defenders are not released," wrote Le Monde. -02D-
Politics
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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