The State Department is concerned about the actions against the "Radio Liberty"
Washington / 27.12.14 / DW: The US State Department is extremely concerned about the fact that the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan sealed the office of "Radio Liberty" in Baku, reads the statement published on Saturday, December 27, in Washington, said the agency AFP.
According to a representative of the US State Department, there is also an information that several journalists have been detained and questioned in Azerbaijan. "The grounds for questioning and searches are unclear," he said and urged the Azerbaijani government to comply with its obligations to protect freedom of the press.
According to the website of the "Radio Liberty", the OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Press, Dunja Mijatovic, called "unacceptable" the police raid in office of "Radio Azadlig", noting that "Azerbaijan continues attack on freedom of speech."- 0-
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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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