Secretaries of Organizing Committee of REAL Approved
Appointments were approved at the meeting of the organizing committee of the party Republican Alternative (REAL) on March 25.
Upon recommendation of the imprisoned chairman of the organizing committee Ilgar Mammadov, Azer Gasimli was approved the Secretary for Socio-political Issues, Natig Jafarli - Secretary for Administration, Erkin Gadirli - Secretary for Conceptual Issues, and Khalid Bagirov - Secretary for Legal Affairs.
* Ilgar Mammadov was arrested in February 2013 in connection with the popular unrest in the Ismayilli region in January of the same year. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison. The European Court of Human Rights declared his arrest illegal, yet the authorities continue to detain him in custody. Amnesty International recognizes Mamedov "prisoner of conscience". -16d06-
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