The meeting of the Milli Majlis on Friday began with an angry speech of the speaker Oktay Asadov, which struck the European Parliament and its head Martin Schulz. Speaker accused Schultz of unfair criticism of Azerbaijan, for alleged violation of the rights of civil society activists, and in particular, the human rights activist Leyla Yunus.
O.Asadov called the European Parliament "uncultured and a liar," saying that the European Parliament "lies", claiming that they were not allowed to Azerbaijan to visit the arrested human rights defenders.
"We did not find such a letter from the European Parliament. I wrote about this in the European Parliament and received no response. And now they teach us culture?" protested the Speaker. The Assad reminded the Europeans their shortcomings - anti-Semitism, racism, oppression of Muslims."In Europe there are two Muslim countries, and the European Parliament did not miss a chance to criticize these states. Our attitude towards them will be the same as their attitude towards us," said Assadov without specifying the honor of which countries he wants to protect. The speaker was so angry that admitted that he had forgotten to vote on the agenda. -02D-
Politics
-
The court sentenced Akhsan Nuruzade to 2 months of administrative arrest, said lawyer Fakhraddin Mekhtiyev. At the same time, two days were deducted taking into account the time spent in custody.
-
Ahead of COP29, the Classical Popular Front Party has urged the Azerbaijani authorities to release imprisoned critics of the government, including journalists and social activists. "In recent years, the arrest of prominent public and political figures, experts, and media representatives who hold critical positions - many of whom are not even granted house arrest - has raised significant concerns in society.
-
The account of Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Azerbaijani on the social network "X" (@az_Khamenei) was blocked. After some time, the page was unblocked, but all followers were removed, leaving only three subscribers. In contrast, Khamenei's Persian-language page has 1.3 million followers.
-
On Saturday 26 October, Georgian citizens voted in Parliamentary elections. The EU has been following the developments leading to the parliamentary elections closely. Over the past months, the people of Georgia have demonstrated their attachment to democratic values and their country's EU path.
Leave a review