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Baku / 23.08.18 / Turan: The international human rights organization Reporters without Borders urged the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to demand the release of journalists in a conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as well as to raise the issue of freedom of speech in the country.
The organization said on August 22 that Azerbaijan refers to countries where the largest number of media workers is in custody, with eight journalists and two bloggers currently imprisoned because of their work.
Merkel will start her trip to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 24. It is expected that she will meet with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku on August 25.
In the latest freedom of the press rating made by Reporters without Borders Azerbaijan took the 163rd place out of 180. -02D-
Politics
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The New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev renewed its absolute majority in the Milli Majlis in the early parliamentary elections of the country on September 1, according to the results of an exit poll.
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On September 1, it is not possible to access the website of the Turan agency through the mobile internet of the Azercell mobile operator for unknown reasons.
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By 10:00 a.m., voter turnout in the snap parliamentary elections was 9.92%, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan reported.
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Near the polling station in the village of Astanly of the 70th Neftchala electoral district, unknown assailants attacked the car of an observer from the candidate for deputy Vafa Naghi, who is running for the early Parliamentary elections. Naghi reports on a social network about a car window broken with a stone.
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