The State Border Service reported for December 2023
Baku/08.01.24/Turan: In December 2023, border guards detained 41 people for violating the state border of Azerbaijan: 20 citizens of Azerbaijan, 6 - Pakistan, 7 - Iran, 3 - India, 2 - Algeria, 1 - Tajikistan, 1 - Georgia and 1 - Turkey. As part of the fight against illegal migration, 22 people were detained who tried to cross the state border with forged documents. 834 people were detained for violating the rules of the border regime, and appropriate measures were taken against them.
As a result of anti-criminal measures, 404 wanted persons were detained and handed over to law enforcement agencies, 419 persons were banned from leaving the country, and 16 persons were banned from entering Azerbaijan.
155 kg of narcotic drugs were withdrawn from circulation. Contraband worth 2 million 357 thousand manats was seized. -0-
Politics
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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