The European Court of Human Rights has started communication for the 10 people who were arrested and fined for participating in protests Baku in January-March 2010. Now the rights of three of them - Agil Aliyev, Nargiza Yagublu, and Ramin Hajili protected now arrested human rights activist Intigam Aliyev. In addition, communication started for Khadija Ismayilova, Sakhavat Mehdiyev, Azer Sadigov, Osman Akhmedov, Jamil Hajiyev, Gozel Bayramly and Javid Garayev.
They were arrested during peaceful demonstrations on 12 and 26 January and 10 March 2013.
There were administrative reports, after which they are brought to justice. In this case, they were not informed about the reasons for their detention. They were not allowed to inform the family, use the services of lawyers, and were not given time to prepare for trial. Only the police testified against them. The Strasbourg Court has suggested that the Government of Azerbaijan until January 19 to respond to the questions on these affairs.-16D—
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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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