Members of the National Council of Azerbaijan, as part of the leaders of six parties, as well as heads of committees of the National Council are planning to leave next week for Tbilisi to participate in consultations with Rustam Ibrahimbayov, their chairman and the only candidate from the democratic forces.
The meeting in Tbilisi will discuss current issues related to Ibrahimbayov’s plan to return to Baku. A single candidate from the opposition and civil society will also inform the members of the National Council on his recent top-level meetings in the USA, Europe and Russia.
Ibrahimbayov against which the Azerbaijani authorities have filed a lawsuit on the assignment of public funds, and threaten to arrest him if he returns to Baku, is not going to back down, and plans to return home before the campaign of official registration of presidential candidates till August 19.
The famous 72-year-old screenwriter, nominated in June by a united opposition candidate in June as a candidate for presidency, has started the political struggle for the elimination of the authoritarian regime of President Ilham Aliyev and the construction of a democratic state, according to Turan.-0-
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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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