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 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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