The US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Bridget Brink on the evening of November 22 met members of the Civil Society Platform (CSP) Mehriban Rahimli and Akif Gurbanov.
As stated in the press release of CSP, the meeting discussed the sociopolitical situation in Azerbaijan, the results of the constitutional referendum on September 26 and its expected consequences.
In addition, questions were raised on the state of civil society, the decision of the board of the international organization Extracting Industry Transparency Initiative to give the government another 4 months for measures to comply with the standards of this organization and the elimination of obstacles to the activities of NGOs, the situation with political freedoms, the issue of political prisoners, and Azerbaijan's relations with international organizations. -06D--
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Afgan Sadygov, head of 'Azel.TV' website, arrested in Georgia with the purpose of extradition to Azerbaijan, has gone on a dry hunger strike since 2 February. This was reported to Turan by his wife Sevinj Sadygova after a telephone conversation with her husband on 2 February.
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Although the health condition of human rights defender Anar Mammadli, who is being held in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1, has further deteriorated, he is not receiving adequate medical care. This was reported to 'Turan' by lawyer Elchin Sadygov, who visited Mammadli in the pre-trial detention centre.
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Owing to the regular closure of airspace over Astrakhan, state airline AZAL suspends all flights on the Baku-Astrakhan-Baku route for an indefinite period for flight safety. This was announced by Azerbaijan's state airline AZAL on 3 February.
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The State Security Service (SSS) and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan (IMA) have reported the liquidation of a radical extremist group in Gusar region. It is reported that 8 members of the group were killed while offering armed resistance, and 6 were arrested.
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