On October 8, the Court of Appeal, chaired by Mirza Tagizadeh, considered the complaint of Jamil Hasanli, the presidential candidate of the National Council. The complaint was filed against the Central Election Commission that registered Ilham Aliyev as a candidate for president for a third term. The court dismissed the complaint. The complaint noted the need to cancel the registration of Ilham Aliyev, as a presidential candidate. -16D04-
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The presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces, Jamil Gasanli, sued the CEC for the refusal to make a public declaration of incomes of presidential candidates .
The complaint will be considered in the Baku Court of Appeal on October 8, Gasanli’s proxy, head of the NGO "Center for Law and Development," Hafiz Hasanov told Turan. – 06B -
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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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