US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State meets with relatives of arrested activists and journalists
Together with Ambassador Libby, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Joshua Huck met with family members of detained human rights defender Rufat Safarov, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist and economist Farid Mehralizada, and Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi.
The U.S. continues to call on Azerbaijan to adhere to its international human rights commitments, immediately release those unjustly detained, and end the repression of civil society, including human rights defenders and journalists, reads a press release of the US Embassy to Azerbaijan.
Politics
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Official Baku condemned and rejected the allegations made in the statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday issued a statement on escalating crackdown on Azerbaijani civil society and media, urging authorities in Baku to release all those unjustly detained, cease its crackdown, and fulfill the commitments, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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A charter flight operated by Enter Air departed from Yerevan to Baku on Wednesday evening, according to Armenian media citing data from Flightradar24. At Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport, Sputnik Armenia reported that this was a charter flight.
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On Wednesday, a group of famous footballers arrived in Baku. Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba visited several public and cultural sites in the capital and took part in a meeting with football fans at the Crystal Hall.
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