In the evening of January 14, before departing from Baku, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, met with representatives of civil society in Azerbaijan. During the meeting, they discussed ways to improve the situation of human rights in the light of the upcoming presidential elections.
The meeting was attended by the head of Human Rights Club Rasul Jafarov, the coordinator of the Human Rights House Shahla Ismayilova, the director of Turan IA, Mehman Aliyev, the head of the Center for Democracy, Anar Mammadov and the head of the National and International Studies Center, Leila Aliyeva.
During the one-day visit to Azerbaijan Espen Barth Eide met with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. He also gave a lecture at the Diplomatic Academy and met with Norwegian companies currently operating in Azerbaijan. -0 -
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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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