The rapporteurs of PACE Monitoring Committee - Tadeusz Iwinski and Pedro Agramunt will visit Azerbaijan in early March. According to sources in the Council of Europe, the speakers will conduct regular monitoring of the implementation of Azerbaijan's commitments to the Council of Europe. During the visit they will meet with government officials, members of parliament, civil society and the media. This will be the first visit of Tadeusz Iwinski to Azerbaijan; he was appointed a spokesperson for Azerbaijan at the recent PACE winter session instead Deborah Joseph Ghrekh. The term of office of the second speaker, Agramunt, will expire in the summer of 2015. -03D-
Politics
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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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EU Reporter sadly announces the death from natural causes this week of its Political Editor Nick Powell, whilst attending the Global Media Forum in Susha, Azerbaijan.
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The health of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on hunger strike for the 43rd day, has deteriorated sharply. On the night of July 26, he was transferred from the Baku pre-trial detention center-1 to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service, the economist's brother Nazim Gasimov told Turan.
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On July 26, the trial of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. Three witnesses were heard. One of them said that she had once asked Hajiyev for help in obtaining a visa for a tour to the Czech Republic and had no other business with him. At the same time, the witness stressed that she did not personally transfer the money, but made a transfer for the service.
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