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 the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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