The Investigation Department of Grave Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into violations of the law in the activities of the Center for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training (TSMVOD - local abbreviation). Turan was told by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, which responded to the agency's query about the reasons for the check launched in this NGO.
The press service noted that public will be provided with additional information on the results of the investigation. However, it is not reported what exactly the violations are, or when and who committed them.
The head of TSMVOD Anar Mamedli reported the seizure of the financial records of the NGO. -03B06-
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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