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REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISONERS IN AZERBAIJAN AND EUROPE PRESENTED
News.Az
Tue 22 January 2013 15:02 GMT | 15:02 Local Time
Journalist and human rights activist Eynulla Fatullayev presented
a report on political prisoners and human rights in Azerbaijan
and Europe.
As part of the PACE winter session journalist and human rights activist
Eynulla Fatullayev presented a report on political prisoners and
human rights situation in Azerbaijan and Europe, APA reports.
Despite the fact that E. Fatullayev called the discussion of the
resolution due to the political prisoners in Azerbaijan a positive
fact, he said there are political prisoners in other member-states
of the structure: "I was surprised to see the preparation of such
reports. I came to the conclusion that today there are up to 30
alleged political prisoners in Azerbaijan. This list is contained in
a resolution prepared by Christoph Strasser because 45 people were
released by the decisions of the court and the presidential decrees".
E. Fatullayev noted that international organizations have recently been
politicizing the human rights issue: "Why to annoy the Azerbaijani
government by adoption of this resolution, creating new tensions
between the Council of Europe and Azerbaijan? For us it is important
to attain the release of these 30 people, and I believe that this is
possible thanks to the cooperation. The acceptance of the resolution,
of course, will not lead to positive results. We know that all
the resolutions and decisions of PACE are recommendations and are
optional, so I oppose this resolution. I will be a supporter of the
initiative in the case international organizations create a special
investigation group for reporting on political prisoners in Turkey,
Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and other countries and will include their
names in the lists. Association of this topic only with Azerbaijan
means an open politicization of the issue of human rights".
News.Az
Tue 22 January 2013 15:02 GMT | 15:02 Local Time
Journalist and human rights activist Eynulla Fatullayev presented
a report on political prisoners and human rights in Azerbaijan
and Europe.
As part of the PACE winter session journalist and human rights activist
Eynulla Fatullayev presented a report on political prisoners and
human rights situation in Azerbaijan and Europe, APA reports.
Despite the fact that E. Fatullayev called the discussion of the
resolution due to the political prisoners in Azerbaijan a positive
fact, he said there are political prisoners in other member-states
of the structure: "I was surprised to see the preparation of such
reports. I came to the conclusion that today there are up to 30
alleged political prisoners in Azerbaijan. This list is contained in
a resolution prepared by Christoph Strasser because 45 people were
released by the decisions of the court and the presidential decrees".
E. Fatullayev noted that international organizations have recently been
politicizing the human rights issue: "Why to annoy the Azerbaijani
government by adoption of this resolution, creating new tensions
between the Council of Europe and Azerbaijan? For us it is important
to attain the release of these 30 people, and I believe that this is
possible thanks to the cooperation. The acceptance of the resolution,
of course, will not lead to positive results. We know that all
the resolutions and decisions of PACE are recommendations and are
optional, so I oppose this resolution. I will be a supporter of the
initiative in the case international organizations create a special
investigation group for reporting on political prisoners in Turkey,
Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and other countries and will include their
names in the lists. Association of this topic only with Azerbaijan
means an open politicization of the issue of human rights".