PACE President, Jacques-Claude Mignon, replied to the letter of Ali Insanov, the convicted former health minister of Azerbaijan.
Mignon said that the case the European Court of Human Rights carefully monitored the case and the information from the court, and the court ruling on the complaint of Insanov will soon be made public, Turan was told by the lawyer of Insanov, Togrul Babaev.
Insanov was arrested in October 2005 on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. He was subsequently sentenced to 11 years for economic crimes. Insanov is recognized by local and international human rights organizations as a political prisoner. —06B--
Politics
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On 6 February, 45 citizens of Azerbaijan were readmitted from Germany within the framework of the readmission agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union. This was reported by the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan on 7 February.
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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