Rahib Hajiyev, a member of Surakhani regional organization, youth activist of Popular Front Party, is arrested, Turan was reported in the PFP. The young man was arrested on Sunday, and was accused of illegal possession of drugs. He was arrested for two months. The Court considered the idea of his arrest without a lawyer, the and activist’s relatives were informed about the arrest after the court decision.
Charges of drug possession have become a favorite method of the arrest of opposition activists. On the eve of the election authorities are trying to defuse the greatest number of those who are active in social networks and during street rallies.
Since the beginning of the year more than two dozen young activists were arrested. PPFA is going to invite an independent lawyer to protect Hajiyev.—06B-
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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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