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Strasbourg/08.10.22/Turan: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will speak via videoconference to the participants of the PACE autumn session, which opens on October 10 in Strasbourg.
According to the press service of the Council of Europe, Irish President Michael D. Higgins and President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis, as well as Prime Minister of Albania Edi Ram are also scheduled to speak at the session.
A traditional ceremony will be held during the session.
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2022, awarded to human rights defenders. The winner will be selected from the three candidates included in the final list.
The agenda of the session includes debates on the European perspective for the Western Balkans, countering Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism, discrimination against vaccines and the impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland. The Assembly should also discuss Turkey, Hungary and Romania's compliance with obligations.
Along with that, debates on three "current issues" have been requested:
"Europe six months after the start of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine", "Food security in Europe: grain exports through Ukrainian ports" and "Military actions between Armenia and Azerbaijan".
Besides that, a debate has been requested in an urgent manner on the topic: "The latest outrageous and inhumane actions of the Russian Federation."
Whether these issues will be included in the agenda of the session and when they will take place, the parliamentarians will determine on Monday.
During the session, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Maria Peychinovich Burich, will answer questions from PACE members.
Also, the Assembly plans to discuss reports on the misuse of the Schengen Information System by states as politically motivated sanctions, discrimination against women in sports, safe third countries for asylum seekers, illegal migration management measures, etc. -06B-
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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