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Baku/21.11.22/Turan: In recent days, in the capital of South Azerbaijan (northern Iran), the authorities have arrested about a hundred local Azerbaijani activists. According to opposition telegram channels, these individuals took an active part in protests against the Tehran regime and violations of the rights of ethnic Azerbaijanis.
Among the arrested are members of the national dance group Fatima Mohammadi, Yu Milga Babazade, and Arash Ismailzade.
Up to 60 Iranian security officials have been killed in clashes with protesters since the start of the protests, according to "Farda News". Meanwhile, protests are increasingly spreading to settlements where the majority of the population is ethnic Azerbaijanis. --02B--
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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