Members of the National Council, Sulhaddin Akbar and Eldar Namazov, held a meeting on Thursday at the U.S. Embassy with the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S., Berek Hogan.
According to Sulhaddin Akbar, the conversation was related to the appointment of location for the opposition protests on August 18. The diplomat was informed that the government violated the freedom of assembly and expression.
Any action in the center of the city is banned and the opposition is always sent to the outskirts of the city. However, the opposition will not give up the campaign in remote areas.
According to Akbar, American diplomats intend to monitor the upcoming rally. -05B-
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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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