By the order of the President Ilham Aliyev Sona Veliyeva was appointed as a member of the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) of Azerbaijan for a period of 6 years.
Veliyeva is the founder of the newspaper Kaspi and the wife of the head of the socio-political department of the Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov.
NTRC is the broadcasting regulator. All the nine members of NTRC are appointed by the President, three of them for a period of six years, three - for 4 years and three - for 2 years.
Such a model of NTRC has drawn criticism from local and international experts, as it causes the complete dependence of the regulatory body of the executive power. -06D -
Politics
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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