On Wednesday, at about 15:00, Baku time, in Berlin in front of the office of Angela Merkel was held to protest of human rights groups and journalists. At this time, Merkel was having a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Participants of the rally demanded the release of imprisoned journalists and bloggers in Azerbaijan.
"We call on President Ilham Aliyev to admit finally, freedom of speech and of the press in his country. In Azerbaijan, the authorities carry out an unprecedented repression against critical voices. Today, in jails are at least 12 journalists and bloggers, including investigative journalist Khadija Ismailova," reads the announcement the rally organizers.
During the protests, the participants raised the portraits of the arrested journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, as well as slogans calling for Aliyev’s leaving, and the coming of democracy. -16D-
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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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