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Azerbaijani ruling party sees no necessity to amend Azerbaijani Election Code

The ruling New Azerbaijan Party does not see any need in injecting serious amendments to the Azerbaijani Election Code. “The current Election Code enables the country to hold free, fair ...

Municipal elections are expected to be held in mid December in Azerbaijan

The municipal elections are expected to be held in mid December in Azerbaijan, chairman of the Central Election Commission, Mazahir Panahov, told journalists on August 24. “The exact date of ...

The employees of the Ombudsman have run an investigation in Qobustan prison

In the instruction of the Azerbaijanian Commissioner of Human Rights, Elmira Suleymanova, the employees of the Ombudsman have run an investigation in Qobustan jail. On the basis of the information ...

Azerbaijan to host summer school of European Steering Committee for Youth

Summer School of the European Steering Committee for Youth will be organized on August 25-28 in Azerbaijan. The event will bring together about 35 representatives from Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, ...

UNICEF salutes youth policy in Azerbaijan

UNICEF praises youth policy realized in Azerbaijan, said the organization`s newly assigned representative in Azerbaijan Mark Hereward. He hailed realization of projects and programs aimed at accelerating youth`s integration into ...

EU attaches special importance to cooperation with Council of State Support to NGOs, European Commission`s official

The European Commission attaches special importance to cooperation with the Council of State Support to NGOs under the President of Azerbaijan, says European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood ...

Azerbaijani Ombudsman requested to return the Azerbaijani migrants detained in Moscow to the country soon

The Azerbaijani Ombudsman has reported that some of the Azerbaijani migrants will be taken to the country soon. “The chief of the centre for detaining foreign citizens in Moscow has ...

Representatives of Ombudsman have been in pre-trial prisons and police departments

The representatives of Ombudsman have made a monitoring in pre-trial prisons number 3 of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice and departments number 4 and 7 of Binagadi ...

Azerbaijan Council of Press announced three more newspapers like “racket” publications

Azerbaijan Council of Press has declared three more newspapers to be “racket” publications. “On basis of the complaints, at the sitting of the comission the appeals regarding the newspapers called ...

Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissioner appeals to parliament to stop discussing law on NGOs

Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova received the representatives of the Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia (COEST). The press service of Human Rights Commissioner’s Office told APA ...