The action of protest appointed by the editor of the "Azadlig" newspaper, Ganimat Zahid, via Facebook for April 12 at the Fountain Square under the slogan: "Hands off the youth!" has been postponed.
According to Zahid, the reason for the postponement of the rally is that they are going to have consultations with different youth organizations and develop a joint solutions.
The goal of the action was to express solidarity with the arrested youth activists and demand their immediate release. The new date for the action and its location will be announced later.
Over the last month eight young activists in Azerbaijan were arrested on criminal charges, including seven members of the NIDA Movement and another representative of the youth committee PPFA.—06D—
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.
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