US State Dept ‘Deeply troubled’ on detention of Anar Mammadli

US State Dept ‘Deeply troubled’ on detention of Anar Mammadli

The U.S. State Department on Monday reacted to the detention of Anar Mammadli, the head of the Election Monitoring Center in Azerbaijan.   “We are deeply troubled by the continuing arrests of members of Azerbaijani civil society – most recently, Anar Mammadli,” a State Department spokesperson told TURAN’s Washington correspondent.   Mammadli’s detention on Monday…

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US Embassy in Azerbaijan is concerned about detention of civil society members

US Embassy in Azerbaijan is concerned about detention of civil society members

The US Embassy in Azerbaijan expressed concern over the detention of the head of the Center for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training, Anar Mammadli.   “We are deeply troubled by the continuing arrests of members of Azerbaijani civil society – most recently, Anar Mammadli.    We urge the Azerbaijani government to immediately release all individuals…

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Georgia’s Ivanishvili lashes out at west amid draft law On Transparency of Foreign Influence bill crisis

Georgia’s Ivanishvili lashes out at west amid draft law On Transparency of Foreign Influence bill crisis

Reuters. Bidzina Ivanishvili, the influential billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling party, accused a Western “global party of war” of meddling in Georgia in a rare speech at a rally backing a bill on foreign agents that has sparked a political crisis in the South Caucasus country.    Ivanishvili, who served as Georgia’s prime minister from…

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Legal committee backs Foreign Influence Transparency Bill with second reading

Legal committee backs Foreign Influence Transparency Bill with second reading

The Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia discussed the draft law On Transparency of Foreign Influence today and approved it in the second reading, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.   The committee rejected an alternative proposal regarding specific provisions of the bill proposed by opposition MP Teona Akubardia. As per the rapporteur on the…

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