Baku / 13.01.20 / Turan: Protests and clashes between the population and law enforcement forces continue are ongoing in Iran. According to Radio Liberty, the police used tear gas and firearms to disperse the protest in Tehran on Sunday. Several demonstrators were injured.
The protests in Iran began after the authorities admitted that the Ukrainian Boeing was shot down on January 8 by Iranian air defense forces.
Protesters accuse authorities of hiding the truth about the disaster. There are calls to change the political regime and slogans against the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Many students participate in protests. -02D-
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Arrested journalists of 'Abzas Media' do not stop their investigations even in prison. They have already publicised the facts of physical pressures on prisoners in Baku SIZO-1. This time they drew attention to the harsh conditions of detention of prisoners, failure to provide them with food, clothes, bedding and hygiene products, which they are entitled to at the expense of the state.
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The 27 member states of the European Union will discuss the situation in Georgia, including the possibility of revoking the visa-free regime with this country, at the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council meeting on December 16, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, said on Friday.
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Human rights defender Rufat Safarov appealed to Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva due to bad attitude of SIZO-1 staff towards accused Fazil Gasymov. After that, the situation changed for the better, in particular, Gasymov was allowed to communicate with his brother for more than two hours without the guard's supervision. Rufat Safarov, head of the human rights organisation ‘Protection Line’, told Turan.
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The trial of Famil Khalilov, an activist, disabled first-group citizen, accused of drug trafficking, continued in Baku's Serious Crimes Court on Wednesday.
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