The Speaker of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of PACE Alain Destexhe met on Friday with representatives of the civil society of Azerbaijan.
In particular, he had a conversation with the investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and the cherman IRFS blogger Mehman Huseynov.
Huseynov told Turan that Destexhe was interested in the situation with freedom of media and the Internet, and the facts of the persecution of online activists and journalists, including the blogger himself.
The PACE representative was provided with information about the situation with political prisoners in the country.
Destexhe was appointed Rapporteur on March 7, 2016 to assess the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan. Since then, he only once visited Baku during the opening races of Formula 1 in June 2016, and met only with officials. -06B-
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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