In response to the verdict rendered against journalist Khadija Ismayilova in Baku , Chris Smith , Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman of the Commission, issued the following statement:
“We are deeply troubled by today’s guilty verdict and sentencing of Ms. Ismayilova. She is being robbed of her freedom for exposing corruption within the Azerbaijani government.
Her arrest last December and the subsequent shutdown of the RFE/RL bureau in Baku were direct attacks on media freedom. These actions directly contradict Azerbaijan’s many international obligations and domestic laws, including its commitments in the OSCE.
We call on Azerbaijan to release Ms. Ismayilova and other prisoners of conscience immediately.” -0-
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Lieutenant Colonel Gahraman Mammadov, who, according to media reports, was detained in Turkey with 70kg of gold, has been arrested on smuggling charges.
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The 20th meeting of heads of security and intelligence services of the CIS countries opened in Moscow on 26 November.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called President of the United States Donald Trump on 25 November.
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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