The information on some media about the appointment of August 21 a session of the National Council to nominate an additional candidate for presidency from the opposition (along with Rustam Ibrahimbayov), was not confirmed.
The deputy chairman of the EL Movement, Zafar Guliyev, told Turan about the inter-party consultations on this issue, but the agreements on the date of the session and the person of the new candidate was not obtained.
The head of the party "Classic" Popular Front, Mirmahmud Miralioglu, said that he learned from journalists about the session of the NCDF to be held on August 21. The leader of "Open Society" party, Sulhaddin Akbar, told the same.
Leader of "Musavat"party, Isa Gambar, neither confirmed nor denied a report, and recommended to appeal to the NCDF. -05B06-
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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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