Baku/23.10.13/Turan : The Coordination Council (CC) of the Public Chamber held a meeting and discussed the future of the Public Chamber, according to the CC member, Rafiq Manafov. Some participants of the meeting supported the maintaining the Public Chamber as a structure, not believing in the future of the National Council. It was decided to hold a meeting of the Public Chamber in early November, and define its future fate.
The Public Chamber was established in February 2011 to protest against the results of parliamentary elections in 2010. Until June 2013, the structure was active. In June 2013 the National Council of Democratic Forces replaced the Public Chamber.-05B04-
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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