An authorized of the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Michel Forst who arrived in Baku with an assessment mission met on September 16 with representatives of the civil sector. He listened to the assessment and recommendations on the situation with human rights and civil liberties. The meeting was attended by Bashir Suleymanli, Shahla Ismail, Mehman Aliyev, Akif Gurbanov, Gunay Ismayilova, Ogtay Gyulalyev and Samir Kazimli. Forst’s visit began on September 14 and will end on September 22 of by the final press conference. The independent expert, authorized of the UN Human Rights Council will gather first-hand information about the problems faced by civil society in Azerbaijan. The visit is at the invitation of the Azerbaijani government. During the trip, Special Rapporteur will meet with government officials, the judiciary, human rights activists, civil society representatives and diplomats. Forst will submit a final report on the visit in March 2017 on the Rights of the Council for human righst.—0—
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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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