Baku / 22.09.16 / Turan: «Apparently, Ilham Aliyev, does not know well the geography of the capital of Azerbaijan, if he says that that rallies are held in the center of Baku," said the head of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Hasanli commenting on the statements by President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with representatives of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
The head of state called the criticism of international organizations in Azerbaijan on the situation with human rights, biased, and accused them of distorting the facts.
"Historically, the center of Baku was considered Samad Vurgun park, or fortress, or the Azadlig square, but not the stadium" Mahsul "in the Yasamal district of Baku. In fact, the Executive Power of the capital limits the venue of the rally to two points on the map. We were allowed to hold a rally, and at the same they prevent to hold a rally and arrest the organizers. Is this the right to freely hold rallies, arresting and condemning its participants," said Hasanli" Radio Liberty ".
According to Hasanli, representatives of the European Parliament themselves informed about the situation in Azerbaijan.
"I think that the Europeans well know everything that is going on, I saw it when I was in Europe. Europeans are aware of the human rights decisions of the European Court on the immediate release of Ilgar Mamedov and Ali Insanov. The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers four times discussed the issue of Ilgar Mamedov, but for many years these people remain behind bars," further noted Hasanli.
According to him, the authorities failed to carry out the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. They perform the first part of the decision on the payment of monetary compensation to the applicants, but ignored the legal verdict of their immediate release.
"The most important thing for me at the meeting of Ilham Aliyev with the members of the Committee of inter-parliamentary EU-Azerbaijan cooperation has been a talk on the OSCE office in Baku. Ilham Aliyev has set a condition - return to the position his friend - the head of the OSCE office closed Shakhtakhtinsky, and he will re-open the OSCE office. With the same success Ilham Aliyev may demand the return to the post his other friend - Stanley Eksudero. It is an absurd," said Hasanli. -06D--
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