The Monitoring Center for Political Prisoners criticized the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to pardon 423 convicts.
"This is an act of pardoning criminals, rather than a gesture of goodwill and humanism. The victims of the arbitrariness of the former MNS, who have been in prison for more than 10 years, convicted in the case of Saeed Dadashbeyli have not been pardoned.
But among the pardoned there are those who committed serious crimes, in particular a high rank from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, member of the "Haji Mammadov gang" (Zakir Nasirov). No one of the believers has been pardoned. The pardon has not touched the former Special Police Force members imprisoned for more than 20 years, victims kept in the Gobustan prison as a result of the political games of the 1990s, imprisoned bloggers and journalists. Even the conditional punishment of the human rights activists Intigam Aliyev and Khadija Ismail has not been canceled. "The pardon act did not fulfill the expectations," said the head of the Monitoring Center for Political Prisoners Elshan Hasanov. -06D--
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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