At the June 8 meeting of the European Parliament a group of deputies held a rally, calling for the release of human rights defenders and journalists arrested in Azerbaijan.
The initiative belonged to the Vice-President of the European Parliament, representative of the Green Faction Ulrike Lunacek.
At the opening a group of deputies put on T-shirts with pictures of Leyla Yunus, Khadija Ismailova, Anar Mammadli, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Emin Huseynov.
Then Lunachek stated that Europe cannot ignore the issue of political prisoners and called for the adoption of a special resolution of the European Parliament on this issue.
On the eve of the meeting the leading human rights organizations Amnesty International, Freedom House, Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Human Rights House issued a joint statement in which they expressed concern at the crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan on the eve of the European Games. -16D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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