The U.S. Department of State issued a statement in connection with the arrest of the known civil society activist of Azerbaijan, head of the Electoral Monitoring and Democracy Training Center Anar Mammadli.
According to the Azerbaijani service of the Voice of America, the statement said: "We express our deep concern at the arrest of the chairman of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Training Center, Anar Mammadli. We call for the immediate release of Anar Mammadli during the period of the legal process. We have raised and will raise this issue with the senior officials of the Government of Azerbaijan. We continue to closely monitor the investigation of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Training Center and international cooperation of the Public Association of Volunteers.
We also keep track of scrutiny by the parliament of Azerbaijan of restrictive amendments to legislation aimed against NGOs. We continue to call on the Azerbaijani government to respect freedom of expression , assembly and association." -0 -
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Politics
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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