Washington on Friday reacted to the recent arrest of Ali Aliyev, chairman of the Citizens and Development Party, and a vocal government critic in Azerbaijan, who was convicted on defamation charges last month.
"We were disappointed by Mr. Aliyev’s criminal conviction." a State Department spokesperson told TURAN’s Washington correspondent. "We urge the government of Azerbaijan to respect its international obligations, including the right to freedom of expression."
*Ali Aliyev was sentenced to five months in prison on charges of libel on January 13, following an interview he gave to the "Osmanqızı TV" Youtube channel last December, where he had raised his doubts about the official narrative involving some survivors of a recent helicopter crash.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.
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A small medical aviation aircraft, a LEAR-55, carrying six people, including crew members, crashed into a residential area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. broadcaster CBS reported on Thursday.
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Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Department for Visa and Registration of Foreign Citizens (UVVIOG) and Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service held online negotiations to discuss the potential mutual recognition of biometric ID cards for border crossing, with participation from consular and legal departments of both countries’ foreign ministries, news agency Dunyo reported.
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