Lee Lizenberger. Photo TURAN.
Baku/16.02.22/Turan: The selection of participants in the Democracy Forum was carried out with consideration of the state of democracy in a particular country. “We hope that in the future Azerbaijan will be among the participants, but this requires some progress on issues such as fundamental freedoms, opportunities for civil society, respect for human rights,” US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee Litzenberger said at a briefing on Wednesday.
When asked why Armenia was invited to the forum and Azerbaijan was not invited, the diplomat noted that the invitation depended on the availability of certain democratic reforms. This did not depend on the country's membership in a particular military or political organization. -02B-
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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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