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Panel discussions at DC: Peaceful protests and torture in Azerbaijan
Washington/31.10.19/Turan: The USA National Press Club at Washington, DC invites on October 31st to a Panel discussions called: “October 19th protest rally - torture and crackdown. A new era in Azerbaijan”.
The topic of discussions is the current state of human rights in Azerbaijan with a focus on the recent developments.
Azerbaijani police violently dispersed two peaceful protests on October 19 and 20 in Baku.
The Oct 19 demonstration, organized by the National Council of Democratic Forces, called for the release of political prisoners and for free and fair elections and protested growing unemployment and economic injustice.
Among those detained was the leader of the opposition Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli, who was tortured at the hands of law enforcement officers, while detained for several hours.
Several other detained opposition activists (some are still in jail) reported that they were severely beaten in police custody.
Panelists will include Jamil Hasanli, leader of the The National Council of Democratic Forces, Daniel Balson, Advocacy Director on Europe and Central Asia at Amnesty International, Sevinj Osmangizi, Azeri-American journalist and founder of Women's Media Watch-Azerbaijan. The event will be moderated by Alex Raufoglu, Washington DC -based journalist and Azerbaijan Country Specialist at Amnesty International USA. -02D-
Politics
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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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