The well-known human rights activist, director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy Leila Yunus was awarded the international prize named Theodore Hacker, Turan was told in the press service of the IPD.
As stated in the letter of congratulations from Germany, "Ms. Yunus will be awarded for participation in the fight against corruption, lawlessness and human rights violations, for courageous contribution to the defense of political prisoners, as well as acting as head of the Institute for Peace and Democracy at risk to their own safety."
Theodore Hacker was one of the most famous representatives of the Catholic existentialism and one of the most radical critics of the Third Reich. He is considered one the most important Catholic writers of the period between the two world wars.
City of Esslingen am Neckar established the memory of Theodore Hacker Award on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death in 1995.
The prize is awarded every two years to people who have shown courage and valor in defending freedom, democracy, peace and the ideals of humanism. The first winner in 1995 was the Russian human rights activist Sergey Kovalev. Among the award winners are Professor of Egypt Dr.Jehan Sabat (1997), leader of the opposition in Belarus Victor Gonchar (2000), a lawyer from Turkey Eren Keskin 2005, a human rights activist from Mexico Judith Galarza (2007) , a human rights activist from Iran Shiva Nazar Ahari 2011).-02D-
Politics
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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