Action of Collecting Books for Political Prisoners
Baku / 23.12.18 / Turan: A campaign was held on collecting books for political prisoners yesterday. It was organized by the Working Group on drawing up a single list of political prisoners.
The rally was attended by leaders of opposition parties, public figures, activists, and citizens.
Hundreds of books were collected and will be handed over to political prisoners through their families, said a member of the Working Group, a journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
This structure was established in 2014.
In the last report of the working group, published on September 1, the names of 128 persons were included in the list of political prisoners. Cases of two more people were taken under monitoring.
The authorities of Azerbaijan deny the existence of political prisoners in the country. -06D--
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- 23 December 2018 16:30
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