On January 16 the situation in Armenia remained tense, although no new protests were held in Gyumri and Yerevan. According to Armenian media, the public expects the country's response to its request for extradition the local Justice of the Russian soldier Permjakov, who killed on January 12 in Gyumri a family of six persons.
The situation calmed down after allegations that soldier was not taken to Russia, and he will be tried in Armenia, but this will be a visiting session of the Military Court of the Russian Federation.
Massive protests took place yesterday in Gyumri and Yerevan , and there were clashes of protesters with police. 14 people were injured, several thousand people tried to break through to the 102nd Russian military base, where Permjakov is kept.
The protesters demanded withdrawal of Russian troops from Armenia, they also tried to seize the Russian consulate in Gyumri, and attacked the Russian embassy in Yerevan. -02D-
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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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