The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) complained to the CEC about Azadlig and Yeni Musavat , accusing them of violating the rules of the election campaign.
The appeal stated that the newspapers published October 8 campaign materials in support of the presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli and violated Article 75.1 of the Electoral Code on the termination of agitation 24 hours before the vote.
In addition, the newspaper Yeni Musavat, published pre-election propaganda material of another presidential candidate, Igbal Aghazadeh. NAP asked CEC to investigate the facts and to give legal assessment of them.
The Director of the Media Rights Institute, Rashid Hajily, commenting to Turan on this complaint, pointed to the controversial nature of the issue.
He noted that the papers were signed for the print late at night on October 7.
"We have to see what decision the CEC will take," said Hajily.
Asked to comment on the publication by the official newspapers of the detailed report of the government meeting chaired by President Ilham Aliyev, Hajily replied that "the same is true about these newspapers." -16/06D-
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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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