"Musavat" has declared the 2016 year "An important year for change" in the life of the party, adopted an action plan for the implementation of these reforms. The preamble of the document says that in recent years the Azerbaijani authorities by their incompetent policies have brought the country to self-isolation from the international democratic community. "Musavat" is committed to through reforms to meet the challenges of the new realities.
According to the chief of staff of "Musavat" Gulaga Aslanli, the Action Plan includes measures to fight for the release of political prisoners, cooperation with other organizations, use of the media and social networks, preparation of the alternative bills. For this reason the party created analytical centers in these areas. Implementation of the Plan of Action was assigned to the head of the party and its Board. -05D06-
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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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