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Strasbourg/10.10.22/Turan: At the PACE session opening today in Strasbourg, a new rapporteur on monitoring Azerbaijan is expected to be appointed, Turan's special correspondent reports from Strasbourg.
The new rapporteur should replace the Austrian parliamentarian Stefan Schennach, who has completed his mandate.
It is proposed to include in the agenda of the session: on the European perspective of the Western Balkans countering Islamophobia; the impact of Brexit on human rights in Ireland; the situation in Europe and food security against the backdrop of Russia's aggression against Ukraine; hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Whether these issues will be included in the agenda of the session will become known in the coming hours.
The Assembly also plans to discuss reports of misuse of the Schengen Information System for political sanctions; illegal migration management measures, etc. -16B-
Politics
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The recent detentions of journalists in Azerbaijan have caused sharp criticism from the country's politicians and public figures.
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An official notification has been sent to the American side that USAID has no legal grounds to work in the country and that it should stop its activities.This was reported by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizadeh.
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The International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) condemned the arrest of Shamshad Agha, editor-in-chief of the independent news website 'Arqument.az', and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release him and other imprisoned journalists.
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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