One of the leading opposition parties of Azerbaijan - "Musavat" condemned the trial in Russia over the Ukrainian pilot, deputy Nadezhda Savchenko. The party believes such a court is a violation of international law.
The statement noted that the trial in the case of Savchenko is "conducted on the script written by the Putin regime."
"Musavat" appreciates the will and a proud behavior of Savchenko, and taking into account her innocence, calls on the Russian authorities to release her and send to Ukraine, reads a statement.
* Savchenko is accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalists. However, at the time of the murder she was kidnapped by separatists in the Donbas and taken to Rossia.-16D-
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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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