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    AZERBAIJANIS TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN

    news.az
    April 16 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Eldar Zeynalov Azerbaijanis take part in 37th Congress of the
    International Federation for Human Rights in Yerevan.

    Director of the Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan (LCA) Eldar Zeynalov
    has taken part in the regular, 37th Congress of the International
    Federation for Human Rights, which was held in Yerevan, according to
    the Human Rights Center.

    The Congress has re-elected governing bodies, discussed the strategy
    for the next 10 years, adopted resolutions on the situation in
    Kyrgyzstan and a number of other regions of the world.

    During the congress, an international forum "Justice: New Challenges",
    dedicated to the exchange experiences and analysis of various topics
    related to justice at the national and international level. The forum
    was attended by the judge of the European Court of Human Rights, the
    prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Armenian officials and
    representatives of nongovernmental organizations in many countries,
    including the Azerbaijani Centre for the Development Programmes "El"
    presented by Adil Alekperov.

    In parallel with the Forum in Yerevan the demonstrations were held with
    participation of some members of the Congress demanding to release
    14 political prisoners. The issue of political prisoners in Armenia
    was raised at the meeting of the FIDH management with President of
    Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

    Since 2004, the center has been the oldest member of the worldwide
    coalition of human rights organizations - the International Federation
    for Human Rights, which stood at the origins of the Universal
    Declaration of Human Rights.
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