Today lawyer Javad Javadov met in Baku jail with Leila Yunus. The lawyer said that for now his client has no serious health problems. According to the lawyer, Yunus thanks everyone who gave her support.
The human rights activist is accused under several Articles of the Criminal Code: 274 (treason), 213 (tax evasion), 192 (illegal business), 320 (forgery), 178.3.2 (fraud on a large scale.) Court arrested her for three months. Amnesty International declared Leila Yunus a prisoner of conscience. -16C04-
Politics
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Georgia's Foreign Minister, Maka Botchorishvili, arrived in Baku for an official visit on January 16, and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze is expected to arrive in Baku on January 17, reports Echo of the Caucasus, citing government sources. Western countries refuse to recognize the legitimacy of Kobakhidze and his government due to the rigged elections. Until now, Kobakhidze and members of his cabinet have not made any official foreign visits.
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PACE co-rapporteur on monitoring Azerbaijan Lise Kristoffersen (Norway) and the general rapporteur on political prisoners Thorhildur Sunna Evarsdottir (Iceland) have expressed their deep concern over the sentencing of prominent Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev.
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The Biden administration Wednesday announced new 'biting' Russia sanctions, as well as further actions to tighten some of its previous sanctions against Moscow by giving Congress the ability to block any attempts to weaken measures against core parts of the Kremlin's war machine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Chief of General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army Kerim Veliyev attended the meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Brussels in the format of Chiefs of General Staff of the Alliance member states.
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