Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he participated in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on UN Climate Action, Pallone’s press office said in a statement. “Azerbaijani government sponsored protests greeted Pallone at both COP 29 and the hotel where he stayed. He avoided physical harm only through the efforts of…
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights O’Flaherty published today a letter he addressed to the President of Azerbaijan, in which he asks the authorities for the immediate release of all human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists who are imprisoned for their legitimate work or for expressing dissenting or critical opinions and to…
President of self-declared Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania filed a resignation, Vice President Badra Gunba told reporters. “For the sake of preservation of stability in the country, President Aslan Bzhania filed his resignation,” Gunba said. According to Bzhania’s statement, published by the president’s press office, he resigned “for the purpose of preservation of stability and…
