The movement NIDA announced the beginning of the campaign, "Appeal to the Conscience" providing sending letters to political prisoners. According to the organization’s page on Facebook, there are more than a hundred prisoners of conscience in the country. "For them are very important letters of support written by strangers," said the statement. Each week, letters will be written to five other political prisoners. "Every week you can write a letter to the journalist Khadija Ismailova, deputy chairman of" Musavat "Tofig Yagublu, a member of the Board of PPFA Seymour Hazy, theologian Thale Bagirzade, a member of the movement NIDA, Rashadat Akhundov," stated in the NIDA Movement.
The organization urges citizens to be active and show civic consciousness by joining this action, and send letters to the NIDA page in Facebook.-03D04-
Politics
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On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
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On November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
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The United States has been working with Azerbaijan for a long time on energy issues and fossil fuel emissions, particularly focusing on technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and help transition to clean energy, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm stated at a press conference on November 15 during COP29 in Baku, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. can assist Azerbaijan in its transition to renewable and green energy.
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On November 15, the Baku Appeals Court heard the complaint filed by Ulvi Hasanli, the director of the Abzas Mediapublication, against Baku's pre-trial detention center -1 detention facility and the Penitentiary Service. The complaint concerns poor conditions of detention, inhumane treatment, and restrictions on Hasanli’s rights while in custody. Representatives from both institutions failed to appear in court.
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