Three protesters that supported the residents of Ismayilli at the rally in Baku were sentenced to administrative arrest for a period of 13 to 15 days. For taking part in the unauthorized protest rally the blogger Emin Milli was sentenced to 15 days in jail and the young activists of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Abulfaz Gurbanli and Turkel Azerturk were sentenced to 13 days. Another 15 people were subjected to administrative fines.
Fines of 2,000 manats (about $ 2,500) are to be paid by the deputy chairman of PFPA Gozel Bayramli and an activist of the party Kamala Bananyarly. 2,500 manats (about $ 3,200) will be paid by the youth activist of NIDA (Shout) Turgut Gambar. All the three people were named organizers of the rally.
Another 12 protesters were fined at AZN 300 (about $ 380) to 600 manats (about $ 760). Other detainees, which are about 60 people, were released on the outskirts of the city or spent about 4-5 hours in police stations.
The human rights organization Human Rights House also condemned the arrests of protesters in the capital of Azerbaijan, and is waiting for the reaction of PACE, OSCE, and the Council of Europe Commissioner and the Rapporteurs on freedom of association and assembly in connection with the arrests of human rights defenders and journalists in Baku. -06B-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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