Baku / 03.05.17 / Turan: The 4th Forum on Intercultural Dialogue with participation of guests from dozens of countries will be held in Baku on May 4-6. Among the guests of the forum, President of Mali Ibrahim Bubakar Keita, of Bulgaria's Vice-President Ilyana Yotova, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, ISESCO Head Abdulazizi bin Osman al-Tuvejri, OIC Secretary-General Yusif bin Ahmad Al-Usaimin, BSEC Secretary General Michael Christiides and others. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.
The forum will include sessions and events on human security, sustainable development, migration, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, combating extremism, attitudes towards refugees and migrants, the role of youth and education in intercultural dialogue, and food security. For the first time such a forum was held in Baku in 2008 at the initiative of the Azerbaijani leadership. -02D-
Politics
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On November 28, the Tbilisi City Court ruled to extradite Afgan Sadigov, the head of the website Azel.TV, to Azerbaijan. This was reported by his wife Sevinj Sadigova. The defense will appeal the court's decision.
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The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Ali Kerimli, has stated that his internet blockade has become more severe. “For almost five years, I have been under an internet blockade. But recently, it has taken on an openly blatant and shameless form,” Kerimli said during a press conference today.
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On November 27, an online hearing took place at the Khatai District Court regarding a petition from the defense for the release of Alaskar Mammadli, the founder of Toplum TV, under house arrest. Mammadli has been in custody at Baku’s Detention Center No. 1. The court denied the petition, Mammadli's brother, Nasimi Mammadli.
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On November 28, another hearing took place in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. During the proceedings, the court reviewed a response from the 28th Police Station of the Yasamal District in Baku. At the previous hearing, the defense had requested that the court obtain footage from the surveillance cameras at this police station, where Guliyev was taken on December 4 of last year. However, the police response stated that the video footage had not been preserved.
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