The hearing on the situation of human rights and corruption in the Third World will be held August 31 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The hearing will be attended by the Coordinator of the campaign Sport for Human Rights, Rebecca Vincent. On this she wrote in her micro blog on Twitter.
The hearing will be attended by representatives of the EU Foreign Policy Service and the European Commission. Vincent believes the EU should more strictly demand Baku respect human rights.
Activists of the campaign Sport for Human Rights believe that despite the release of a number of political and civil society activists from March to May 2016, the situation has not changed much and new arrests have been made recently.
This followed the initiation of a referendum on amendments to the Constitution, reinforcing the powers of the head of state, by the President of Azerbaijan. -16D-
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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