The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta visited on Friday in the region of Ismayilli (170 km north-west of Baku) the Female Leadership Initiatives Camp. The Embassy reports that this week's summer camp gathered 20 students of the 8-10 grades and teachers from the seven regions of the country: Agjabadi, Shamkir, Barda, Mingachevir, Oguz, Balakan and Zagatala. The purpose of the organization of the camp is legal enlightenment of young women to discuss issues of gender equality. The participants focused on topics of leadership, teamwork, stereotypes, community projects, the ability to allocate personal goals. Representatives of the US Embassy and USAID/ Azerbaijan visited the camp, taking part in an interactive discussion. -03D04-
Politics
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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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