Azərtac
The first group of residents who were forced to leave their homes 32 years ago during the occupation of the city by the Armenian armed forces returned to Shusha.
On May 10, the opening of the first residential complex took place with the participation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. 20 families, including 88 people, were the first to settle in it. The residential complex of 23 four-storey buildings is built on an area of 8 hectares.
It consists of 450 apartments, including 28- one, 195 two-, 190 three-, 30 four- and 7 five-bedroom apartments. It is planned to build a second and third residential complexes with 300 and 500 apartments, respectively.
Shusha was occupied by Armenian troops on May 8, 1992. During the 44-day war, on November 8, 2020, the city was liberated from the invaders. Immediately after the end of the war, the restoration of urban infrastructure and historical monuments began.
Politics
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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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