Osman Narimanoglu
Osman Narimanoglu, the head of the website demokratik.az, who is serving a prison sentence, declared a hunger strike on November 19 at the Sheki Penitentiary Complex. He is protesting against criminal prosecution and the disregard of his complaints by the Attorney General of Azerbaijan, according to his wife, Arzu Rzayeva.
She stated that after declaring the hunger strike, Narimanoglu was placed in solitary confinement. She expressed concern for her husband's health due to the hunger strike, as he is already suffering from several health issues.
*Osman Narimanoglu was arrested on July 5, 2022, on charges of extortion. After his arrest, he claimed that he had been slandered by officials from the Melioration Department of the Goranboy district and doctors from the Geygel region, whose corruption had been exposed on his website.
On January 25, 2024, the court sentenced him to 6.5 years in prison, and on May 17, the appellate court upheld the verdict. On November 6, the Supreme Court confirmed the sentence. Human rights defenders have recognized Osman Narimanoglu as a political prisoner.
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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