The Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), Leyla Yunus has been transferred from Kurdakhani Detention Center No 1 to the Detention Unit of the Ministry of National Security (MNS).
The IPD expert, Azad Isazadeh told Turan that on the morning of October 20 he came to the detention facility in Kurdakhani to pass a parcel for Leyla, but the administration announced that she had been translated to MNS.
Yunusov stayed in the Kurdakhani Detention Center for 2.5 months and regularly complained about psychological and physical torture.
Her husband Arif Yunusov was also detained and put In the MNS Detention Facility in early August. Both are accused of treason. The international community considers them political prisoners. --0--
Politics
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The United States said Monday it would be a dangerous development for North Korea to send troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States on Monday commended the Moldovan people for their participation in the October 20th election and referendum, urging for investigations into reported meddling, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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At an opposition rally in Freedom Square in Tbilisi yesterday, Azerbaijani activist Samira Bayramova urged ethnic Azerbaijanis in Georgia to vote for the opposition in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which advocates for Euro-integration. The majority of her speech was in Georgian, but she concluded in Azerbaijani, saying: "Dear Azerbaijanis! On October 26, let us all choose Europe for the future of our country, especially for its diversity and equality," she stated in Azerbaijani.
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Tehran Abdullayev, an activist from the Surakhani District branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PNFA), has been placed in a detention facility for administrative offenders, his lawyer, Nemat Kerimli, reported after meeting with him on October 21. According to the lawyer, Abdullayev stated that he was detained for his political activities.
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