A member of the US Congress, Bill Keating, condemned the Azerbaijani authorities for the closure of Radio "Azadlig" in Baku. The statement of the Congressman, published online radio, said: "I am extremely concerned about the attack by the Azerbaijani authorities on the US and international NGOs, as well as on independent media." Keating noted that the authorities closed IREX, NDI, Peace corps and others organizations that were engaged in helping the citizens of Azerbaijan.
"The final goal of the authorities was the Baku bureau of Radio "Azadlig"(Liberty.) This fact, as well as arrests of journalists and human rights defenders Khadija Ismailova Leyla Yunus casts doubt on the Azerbaijani authorities to partner with the United States and the West in general, " said Keating.
Congressman considers impossible such an attitude of the authorities to their own citizens and the media, and calls on the Obama administration to take adequate steps in a similar situation. -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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