Today begins the third month of detention of journalist Khadija Ismailova under arrest, reads a special statement the international organization to protect journalists "Reporters without Borders' (RSF.) The paper recalls that Ismailova was arrested on 5 December, 2014 on trumped-up charges of incitement to suicide.
RSF reiterates its call for the immediate release of Ismaylova arrested for daring to investigate cases of corruption, which are closed topics in Azerbaijan. RSF also call for support for a petition in defense of Ismaylova. http://rsf.org/petitions/ismailova/petition.php?lang=en. –06D—
Politics
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The top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Tuesday called from the plane to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the Middle East and the South Caucasus, TURAN's Washington correspondent who is currently traveling with the secretary of state in Europe, reports.
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BBC: The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) has agreed to consider mutual lawsuits filed by Azerbaijan and Armenia, each accusing the other of violating the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination due to the ongoing situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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"A group of hydrologists and engineers from Azerbaijan and Armenia, with our active support, is working together on a comprehensive water management scheme for transboundary rivers," the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, wrote on the U.S. Embassy's social media account on November 12.
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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