On Monday morning, the investigating authorities sealed the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety.
The IRFS employees told Turan two prosecutors came to the office and asked to vacate the premises, and then sealed the office. They did not give any explanation or show the sanction or court decision. In fact, the IRFS workers were just thrown into the street.
Recall that on 8 August prosecutors raided the office and seized documents, computer equipment and electronic media, including personal flash cards of the employees.
Since that time the fate and whereabouts of the head of the NGO, Emin Huseynov, has remained unknown. -6D-
Politics
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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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