"The United States is troubled by reports of the detention of Popular Front party deputy chairperson Gozel Bayramli," a State Department official said on Friday, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"We urge Azerbaijan to release not only Ms. Bayramli, but all those incarcerated for exercising their fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, and to open space for peaceful political participation," an official said in response to TURAN's request for comment.
Bayramli, one of the most outspoken opposition figures in Azerbaijan, has been arrested on suspicion of "smuggling money into the country" while returning from Georgia on Thursday, May 25.
Baku's Sabail District Court ruled last night that Bayramli should be held in pretrial detention for three months.
A.Raufoglu
Washington, D.C.
Politics
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U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that Vladimir Putin was in "tough shape," after Washington and London imposed sweeping sanctions against Russia's energy sector over its invasion of Ukraine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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A member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Hajiyev was detained at about 5:00 p.m. on Friday in front of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
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The United States Friday announced its largest sanctions yet on Russia’s energy sector targeting oil and LNG exports, aiming to cost Moscow billions monthly that Biden administration officials said will limit money available for the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, and giving Kyiv more leverage for negotiations, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The identity card of renowned economist and political activist Gubad Ibadoglu has been invalidated, further restricting his rights after his release under house arrest. Ibadoglu himself informed Turan about this.
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