Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG) on Human Rights, composed of representatives of the authorities and a number of human rights defenders, made a statement on leaving the Council of Europe. The document says that "some forces in the Council of Europe tend to counteract the dialogue between government and civil society in Azerbaijan." As a result of such "biased" approach in 2008, the activities of the EAP was discontinued.
In 2014, at the suggestion of the Council of Europe Secretary General Jagland the group activity was resumed, 16 people were released, and another’s sentence was reduced.
"We believe that the decision by Jagland was taken at the insistence of anti-Azerbaijani forces and pressure, and it damages the image of the Council of Europe,"- the document says.
An appeal was made to the Council of Europe to stop the dirty games "anti-Azerbaijani forces."
In his statement, Jagland said that the activities of the AWG do not make sense, because the authorities ignore opinion and calls for the Council of Europe and the state of human rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan is constantly deteriorating. "In this situation, the stay of the representative of the Council of Europe in this structure does not make sense" - said the secretary general. -05D-
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova has decided to unilaterally terminate the Moldovan-Russian agreement from 1998 on the creation and operation of cultural centers.
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By the order of the head of state, Rufat Mahmud has been appointed the new head of the historical and architectural reserve "Icheri Sheher" – the historic center of Baku.
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