White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters what the Trump Administration found problematic in the activities of USAID. She listed programs that USAID had funded:
- Racial diversity and equality program in Serbia - $1.5 million;
- Production of a "transgender opera" in Colombia - $47,000;
- Release of comics about transgender individuals in Peru - $32,000.
She called this an example of ineffective spending. Later, the White House press office issued a statement accusing USAID of spending "hundreds of millions of dollars" to "support the cultivation of opium poppies and heroin production in Afghanistan," as well as "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to purchase food for "Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria."
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Journalist Nargiz Abaslamova, held in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, was subjected to violence by a guard. While passing by the cell of her colleague Sevinj Vagifgizi, Abaslamova tried to greet her, reported on Abzas Media's Facebook page. However, guard Aygul Babaeva forcibly dragged Abaslamova away and deeply scratched the journalist's arm. Abaslamova stated that this is not the first time the mentioned guard has used force and been rude to journalists. A few days ago, Babaeva also used force against Sevinj Vagifgizi.
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In 2024, the ECHR made 39 rulings regarding Azerbaijan. In 38 of these, at least one violation of the European Convention on Human Rights was found. Only in one case were no violations identified. These statistics were presented at a press conference by the head of the ECHR at the end of 2024, the legal information website aihmaz.org reported.
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On February 4, the ECHR announced two rulings regarding complaints filed by these applicants, as reported by the legal information website aihmaz.org. The applicants contested the violation of their property rights during the demolition of their homes for the construction of the "Winter Park" in central Baku, as well as the failure to provide fair compensation. They also requested that the Strasbourg court recognize violations of their rights to a fair trial, respect for private life, effective legal remedies, the right to submit an individual complaint, and other related rights.
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Kazakhstan's Transport Minister Marat Karabayev said at a press conference on 4 February that a preliminary report on the AZAL plane crash near Aktau will be published in the coming days.
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