Baku / 01.05.18 / Turan: The Pardon Commission under the Azerbaijani President considered 100 appeals on May 1, said the commission member Alimamed Nuriyev. Since February, the commission has examined hundreds of appeals. However, the announced pardon to Novruz Bayram has never taken place. It is now expected that pardons or amnesties will be adopted for the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani People's Republic (1918-20). According to various lists of human rights defenders, the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan ranges from 140 to 160. The authorities promised to close this issue at once, releasing all persons of this category.-03B06-
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Muslim Unity Movement (MU) activist Akhsan Nuruzade has been detained in Azerbaijan 20 days after being released from prison. Nuruzade was detained in the late afternoon of October 26 when he was meeting his daughter who was returning from classes at Khazar University in Baku, the MU reported.
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The health condition of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on a hunger strike for the 136th day in prison, remains grave.
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On Sunday, October 27, rain is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula, with locally intense rainfall during the night in some areas of the peninsula, along with thunderstorms. In the morning, the rain will gradually cease, and variable cloudiness is expected during the day, with a northwestern wind. The air temperature will range from +8 to +11°C at night and from +12 to +15°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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On the evening of October 25, a fire broke out at the large "Astoria" hotel complex located in the Nizami district of the capital. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, several firefighting teams were deployed to extinguish the fire. After several hours, the fire was localized and extinguished.
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