Re-elected PACE president Pedro Agramunt, addressed the deputies, and touched on the priority themes which are on the agenda of the Council of Europe. Among them he noted a number of topics related to Azerbaijan. In particular, he referred to the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and expressed regret that PACE could not contribute to solving this problem. Speaking about the April war in 2016, he described the incident as a dangerous phenomenon, and noted that the situation can ignite at any time. On the topic of human rights, Agramunt welcomed the release from prison of many journalists and civil society activists. At the same time, he called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release opposition leader Ilgar Mamedov, who is being held in detention despite the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. "I will raise this issue with the authorities of Azerbaijan," he stressed. -16D-
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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