Strasbourg/11.10.22/Turan: Issues related to the threats to the life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan were discussed on October 11 in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The committee appointed British MP Hannah Bardell as rapporteur to investigate and prepare a report on the topic.
A group of PACE deputies called for the preparation of a draft resolution on the subject of threats to the life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan for the summer session of PACE.
For two years, Hanna Bardell will deal with these issues and prepare reports for PACE.-16d-
Politics
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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On February 6, by the decree of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Sahil Babayev was relieved of his duties as Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
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