“On the day of my arrest, I said that my arrest was political. I also knew that the release will be politicized,” said Arif Hajili, the head of the apparatus of the party "Musavat", one of nine political prisoners released yesterday.
He expressed regret that the authorities have not released some political prisoners. "It is bad that Shahin Hasanli, Vidadi Iskandarov, and Avaz Zeynalli are still in jail."
Another former political prisoner Sahib Karimov said that he was arrested for defending his fundamental rights. "Though I am free, our society continues to be not free, and I will continue to fight for democratic freedom, » he said.
The head of the youth branch of the party "Musavat" Tural Abbasli said that six youth activists were together with him in jail N 14.
"We were together in prison, and now we will continue our activities. First of all, we will try to obtain the release of Shahin Hasanli and Vidadi Iskandarov. I hope that the authorities will release them, too."
Abbasli noted that the struggle for democracy and freedom did not stop in the prison, and he and his colleagues will pursue full recovery. -03B-
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Official Baku condemned two resolutions passed on October 10 by the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands regarding Azerbaijan, as well as the statement made by the Dutch Foreign Minister during the discussion of these documents. "It is unacceptable that the Dutch Foreign Minister, Kasper Velkamp, expressed support for these biased resolutions during his speech and called for the release of representatives of the former separatist regime and terrorists arrested by Azerbaijan, portraying them as 'prisoners of war,'" stated Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade.
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John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the US President on Climate Policy, has denied claims by official Baku that a letter from a group of congressmen calling for sanctions against the Azerbaijani authorities was written in the State Department.
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According to the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, the Binaqadi Court in Baku has extended the detention period for the previously arrested leaders of the Karabakh separatists: Arkadiy Gukasyan, Bako Saakyan, Araik Arutyunyan, David Babayan, David Ishkhanyan, Leva Mnatsakanyan, David Manukyan, and Ruben Vardanyan. The corresponding motion was submitted to the court by the Investigative Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan.
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The Norwegian Human Rights Houses Foundation has selected Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Rovshana Rahimova as one of the featured heroes in the photo exhibition "Portraits of Power-2024."
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