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Baku/11.10.23/Turan: Preventing far-right extremism by strengthening adherence to Council of Europe core values PACE today expressed its concern about the increase in recent years of far-right violence, driven by xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance, stressing that a number of member States consider forms of far-right terrorism “the fastest growing or most prominent domestic security threat they face.” “The most effective way of preventing far-right extremism is to strengthen adherence to the core values of the Council of Europe,” the Parliamentary Assembly said, adopting a resolution, based on the report by Samad Seyidov (Azerbaijan, EC/DA).
In order to effectively counter far-right extremism and hate speech, PACE called on member States to enhance existing legislation, promote education and media literacy, and combat online radicalisation through collaboration with social media platforms and tech companies to remove content promoting far-right ideologies. PACE also recommends developing strategies to counter disinformation and propaganda spread by far-right groups, “ensuring that accurate and evidence-based information prevails,” and implementing effective mechanisms against extremists in the police. Finally, PACE emphasised that politicians and political parties should be at the forefront of responses to the phenomenon, in the public defence of human rights and democratic principles and in the unequivocal rejection of all forms of racism and intolerance, and hate speech, It encouraged political parties to sign the Charter of European political parties for a non-racist and inclusive society. ---16С06---
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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