The Musavat party condemned the repression against political activists in recent years. In a statement, the party noted that the electoral campaign for the presidential election takes place in an atmosphere of prosecution of opposition and youth activists, and pressure on lawyers.
In particular, the party protested against the unjustified extension of detention of the deputy chairman of Musavat, Tofig Yagublu, the adviser to the head of the party, Yadigar Sadygly, and the leader of the civil movement Republican Alternative, Ilgar Mamedov.
In addition, the party condemned the deprivation of the lawyer, Aslan Ismailov, of his office.
The statement authors urge the Azerbaijani authorities to stop the repression during the election campaign, to release the detainees, and punish the perpetrators of harassment of opposition activists. -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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