The Clooney Foundation for Justice is Monitoring the Case of Tofig Yagublu
The Clooney Foundation for Justice is Monitoring the Case of Tofig Yagublu
For decades, opposition leader Tofig Yagublu has faced legal persecution in Azerbaijan. Detained since December, he is now standing trial. Legal organizations Trial Watch and Gibson Dunn are tracking the case and documenting violations to present to UN Special Rapporteurs. This information was shared by the Foundation on its account on platform X.
Hollywood actor George Clooney and his spouse, lawyer Amal Clooney, established the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) several years ago to ensure justice for vulnerable populations and hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable.
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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