Washington/05.05.21/Turan: The U.S. “welcomes Azerbaijan's release of three Armenian detainees,” - Secretary of State Anthony Blinken tweeted this morning.
“We call on both parties to fully and expeditiously complete the exchange process for all prisoners, detainees, and remains, and to respect their obligations to ensure the humane treatment of detainees,” - Blinken noted. -0-
Politics
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The U.S. President Joe Biden Friday morning issued a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, calling for the "immediate and unconditional" release of all journalists who have been put behind bars for simply doing their jobs, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Public activist Abulfaz Gurbanli was interrogated for three hours today at the Baku city Police Headquarters. After leaving the police department, Gurbanli told reporters that he had been questioned as a witness in the case by “Abzas Media.” However, according to the activist, he has nothing to do with this publication.
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Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, commander of the separate combined army (Nakhchivan) Kerem Mustafayev has arrived in Iran on an official visit.
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Representatives of the Ombudsman's Office met with arrested investigative journalist Hafiz Babaly in Baku SIZO-1 on 2 May.
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