Meeting of the “Musavat” management with representatives of the European Union
The leader of the “Musavat” party, Isa Gambar, and the head of the Mejlis of this opposition party, Arif Hajili, met on August 12 with the head of the EU delegation to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Peter Mikhalko and a group of diplomats from European countries.
During the meeting, held at the initiative of Mikhalko, the socio-political situation in the country, the early parliamentary elections scheduled for September 1, the problem of political prisoners, Azerbaijan's relations with the EU and other topics were discussed.
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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