Baku / 13.01.18 / Turan: The leading opposition party of Azerbaijan - "Musavat" demanded immediate release of the journalist Afgan Mukhtarly, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment on January 12.
A widespread statement in this regard says that the official version of the charge against Mukhtarly is illegal border crossing and non-declaration on the border of 10 thousand euros, has no grounds and is not accepted by either international or Azerbaijani public.
The statement notes that Mukhtarli was abducted in Tbilisi on May 29 and illegally transferred to Azerbaijan; this was an operation to suppress his journalistic activities, which was aimed at exposing the facts of corruption in the highest echelons of power in Azerbaijan. -0-
Politics
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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