The Foreign Ministers of 12 EU countries issued a joint statement on the situation in Georgia
The Foreign Ministers of 12 EU countries issued a joint statement on the situation in Georgia
The Foreign Ministers of 12 EU countries addressed the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, as well as the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Policy, Olivér Varhelyi, in connection with the events in Georgia.
The ministers criticize the actions of the Georgian government and declare that the country's European integration is under threat, the Georgian service of Radio “Liberty.” The ministers say that the Georgian authorities are endangering the country's European integration, and the "pro-Russian law on foreign agents" is another "sign of an alarming deterioration of democracy and human rights in Georgia."
"The use of force against peaceful demonstrators and journalists covering the protest, the suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms is incompatible with democracy and European values. In his speech, the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream also reinforced the government's departure from Western democratic principles.
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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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