The co-chairs of the European Parliament’s Democracy support and election coordination group Elmar Brok (EPP, DE) and Linda McAvan (S&D, UK) made the following statement on the role of the European Parliament in the forthcoming referendum on constitution in Azerbaijan.
“On 26 September 2016, the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan will vote on modifications to their Constitution.
The European Parliament will not observe this electoral process, and consequently will not pronounce itself on the process nor on the results that will be announced by the relevant authorities.
The recent statement of Mr. Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR, PL), according to whom “the results of the Referendum will be a true democratic expression of the will of the Azerbaijani people” cannot therefore represent in any way the view of the European Parliament.
In any case, Mr Czarnecki has no mandate to speak on Azerbaijan issues in the name of the European Parliament”.
Recall that polish deputy Czarnecki visited Baku last week and met president Ilham Aliyev. At the briefing he said journalists that his phrase mentioned above.-02D-
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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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