On Wednesday, the regular meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights considered the amendments to the law "On freedom of religion". According to parliamentary sources, the amendments are restrictive and provide the elimination of religious organizations accused of extremism. It is not reported how will be evaluated belonging to extremism, and what will be considered extremism.
At the same time the committee members discussed the amendments to the law "On mass media", according to which the information in the media about operations against religious extremism should be covered by means determined by the power body, carrying out such an operation. Both amendments will be discussed at the plenary session of the Parliament. -02D-
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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