Yesterday in Prague before the embassy of Azerbaijan, a protest was held against the arrest of human rights defenders. The action was organized by the Czech organization NESEHNUTI. The participants were holding torches and photos of political prisoners, as well as a poster with the slogan: "The lack of freedom in Azerbaijan burns us."
The protesters demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the 100 political prisoners in the country. "We burn Azerbaijani oil, but the lack of freedom in this country burns us," said a participant Peter Tkach.
NESEHNUTI also collected signatures on a petition to the President of Azerbaijan to release the human rights defenders Rasul Jafarov and Intigam Aliyev.
They also called on MEPs to support the appeal for the release of all arrested human rights defenders. -16D-
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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