The head of the OSCE Office in Baku Koray Targay and the head of this office's department Monica Martinez on November 14 visited the Nakhchivan Resource Center for Democracy and the NGOs working with financial support from USAID and IREX.
The guests got acquainted with the activities of both centers and met with the human rights activists Malahat Nasibova, Elman Abbasov and Ilgar Nasibov.
At the meeting, along with the socio-political situation, they discussed details of the OSCE cooperation with the civil society in Nakhchivan.
Koray Torgai also met with local representatives of the political parties Umid, Popular Front and Musavat.
On November 16 the OSCE representatives plan to meet with the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan Vasif Talibov. -23B-
Politics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on Thursday amending the list of classified information approved under a 2005 presidential order. The changes align with amendments to the country’s laws on "Accounting" and "State Secrets" passed by parliament on December 22, 2023.
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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