Issues of democratic elections in Azerbaijan were discussed in Vienna at a working meeting "Democratic elections and observation of elections" which took place late last week. The meeting was organized by the ODIHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, which chairs the OSCE.
Anar Mamedov, the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) speaking at the meeting noted that after the parliamentary elections of November 7, 2010, the situation with political freedom in the country has not improved. Not any steps have been made to improve the electoral atmosphere, and ignored recommendations of ODIHR observation mission of OSCE.
Mamedli noted the necessity for conducting on the eve of presidential election in 2013 a dialogue with participation of all interested parties for providing political freedom, and attracting the Venice Commission to this process. -06D-
Politics
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On February 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan annulled the results of the municipal elections held on January 29 at six polling stations. In particular, the voting results were declared invalid due to violations identified at polling stations NN: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 in the 81st Imishli constituency.
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The opposition party “Musavat” has demanded the release of all political prisoners and stated that the authorities are responsible for their health conditions, it was announced at a meeting of the party's Executive Board (Divan) on Monday. “Musavat” expressed concern over reports of health problems among many political prisoners, including civil society activists Anar Mamedli and Alekser Mamedli.
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The consideration of the lawsuit filed by Hafiz Babaly, the editor of the economics department at Turan news agency, against the online publication Qafqazinfo.az, is being unjustifiably delayed. Babaly had been arrested in connection with the Abzas Media case.
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By the order of the head of state, Rufat Azizov (born 1980) has been appointed the rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.
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