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    PanArmenian News
    Feb 2 2005

    AZERBAIJAN MAY BE EXPELLED FROM PACE


    01.02.2005 19:01

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "If before the PACE April session the question of
    political prisoners is not solved in Azerbaijan, the country can lose
    its mandate in the organization," PACE Rapporteur on political
    prisoners in Azerbaijan Malcolm Bruce told BBC. In his words, he
    studies the case of seven opposition leaders and thinks that these
    could be referred to as political prisoners. Human rights proponent
    Leyla Yunus noted that she had many times warned about the patience
    of international organizations being limited. "Only by means of
    universal amnesty Azerbaijan can avoid undesirable consequences," L.
    Yunus emphasized. It should be reminded that Azerbaijan is the only
    South Caucasian country, where political prisoners are still
    available
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