Baku/26.07.18/Turan: The Institute for Reporters" Freedom and Safety (IRFS) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of their chairman, anti-corruption blogger MehmanHuseynov, and let him to visit his mother FirangizHuseynova, who is on life support, in critical health in a Baku hospital, reads the statement of the IRFS.
Despite the appeal to the Azerbaijani authorities, by his lawyers and by MehmanHuseynov himself, to provide an opportunity to visit his 71-year-old mother who has been in the hospital on life support machines for more than 10 days now, the Azerbaijani authorities, to this day, refuse to release the journalist.
Refusing to even temporarily release MehmanHuseynov, who has been in prison since 3 March 2017 on a two-year sentence, the Azerbaijani authorities are deliberately intimidating their opponents and the Azerbaijani society as a whole, demonstratively showing that they do not intend to deviate from the path of repression.
The IRFS called on the European Union, the United States and Canada to begin applying sanctions against the high-ranking members of the government and the members of their families because of the violation of human rights.
The IRFS demands that the authorities of Azerbaijan stop the persecution of their critics and their families, and the immediate and unconditional release from prison of journalists MehmanHuseynov, Afgan Mukhtarly,SeymurHezi, NijatAliyev, ArazGuliyev, FikratIbishbeyli, ElchinIsmayilli, ZiyaAsadli and Arshad Ibragimov, bloggers Rashad Ramazanov and IlkinRustamzade, the graffiti activists GiyasIbrahimov and BayramMammadov, as well as the satirical poet TofigHasanov. -06D--
Social
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Leave a review