The election observation mission of the PACE September 11-13, will visit Azerbaijan to review the progress of the campaign for the presidential election on October 9.
According to the Council of Europe, a delegation of seven MPs led by the British parliamentarian Robert Walter will assess the pre-election situation.
The mission will meet with President Ilham Aliyev, the other presidential candidates, and representatives of opposition parties in the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF).
The program of the visit includes a meeting with representatives of NGOs and the media. Following the visit, a report will be made available on the findings of the mission on the pre-election situation in Azerbaijan. -16D-
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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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