Aliyev Approves New Composition of Council of State Support to NGOs

Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the appointment of members of the Council of State Support to NGOs.

From government agencies the appointed Board members are: Vusal Guliyev - head of a sector at the Administration of the President;

Ilgar Mammadov - head of the registration and notary control of the Ministry of Justice;

Zakir Hajiyev - deputy head of the Finance Department.

From NGOs the Board includes:

Sahib Mammadov - League for the Protection of Labor Rights of Citizens;

Nargiz Eyvazov - Azerbaijani Youth Association for European Integration

Emin Hasanli - Association of Retired Military for Youth Education

Rufiz Gonagov - Association Center for International Relations Studies

Azay Guliyev - Association Center for International Cooperation

Shahin Ismayilov - Union of Azerbaijan Student Youth Organizations

Anar Khalilov - Association Healthy Development and Education

Alimammad Nuriyev – Constitution Research Fund

Note that once again the Council does not include representatives of independent NGOs.

In addition, experts of the State Support Council were commonly used by the prosecutor's office during the criminal prosecution of dozens of NGOs, when they gave the corollary the necessary conclusion of so-called "financial irregularities" on the part of their colleagues. -06D--