Baku / 25.01.20 / Turan: As of January 24, the number of registered candidates for parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan fell to 1,409.
This is evidenced by the data on the districts, published on the website of the information center Elections.
According to the CEC, from the beginning of the election campaign 237 candidates refused to continue participating in the elections.
The CEC also confirmed information about the resignation of the chairman of the district election commission of the 35th Khatai III district, Imran Huseynaliev for health reasons. Nobody has been appointed in his place. In this district, a sharp rivalry is developing between the chairman of the Umid (Hope) party Igbal Agazadeh and the editor of the Yeni Musavat newspaper Rauf Arifoglu. These former associates are currently sharply criticizing each other. —06B-
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On November 14, the House of Commons of the UK Parliament held a hearing on "Academic Freedom and Corruption in Azerbaijan's Energy Sector," focusing on the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The event, organized in collaboration with Global Witness and the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, was moderated by Joe Powell, head of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption.
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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