Press Review 01/12/15

Official newspapers write about the January 10 Cabinet meeting with the head of state.

Azadlig also writes about the Cabinet meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, but his meeting was not attended by the head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev. The paper attributes this to the serious health problems at Mehdiyev.

At the meeting, Aliyev spoke about the economic success of the country. However, the newspaper called these achievements "invisible".

The arrest of a PFPA activist Elvin Abdullayev is regarded as a continuation of repression against the opposition.

Vafa Guluzade believes that provocations against the monument to Nizami in Derbent are not accidental. According to him, this is a message sent to Baku.

Experts believe that the hearings scheduled for January 12 in Washington D.C. promise nothing good to official Baku.

US Senator Menendez condemned the closure of Radio Azadlig and the increased repression. He believes that it would interfere with the development of US-Azerbaijani relations. He also called for the release of all political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

The increasing number of bloody crimes in Azerbaijan is associated with increased aggression in the society, according to the psychologist Azad Isazadeh.

Yeni Musavat also writes about today's hearings in Washington on Azerbaijan. The newspaper believes that these hearings will be a test of relations between Baku and the White House.

The paper focuses on the statement of President Ilham Aliyev at the 10 January Cabinet meeting on the Karabakh problem. The Head of State said that "diplomatic conversations on this topic are no longer necessary."

Relatives of prisoners held a picker before Prison №14, where inmates are tortured after the mutiny on December 22 in connection with the murder of a prisoner Elshad Babayev.