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Heading Home? Daghestani Relatives Hoping Russia Will Return Legendary Warrior’s Skull
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Eastern Europe, Central Asia Failing To Make Progress In Corruption, Says Watchdog
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Azerbaijan Drops New Charges Against Imprisoned Blogger Huseynov
Published: 22/01/2019Azerbaijani authorities have dropped a new criminal case opened against anticorruption blogger Mehman Huseynov, who is serving a two-year sentence in prison, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General's Offic ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
Protest Rally In Baku Calls For Release Of Political Prisoners
Published: 19/01/2019Thousands of demonstrators gathered at a sanctioned protest rally in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, on January 19 to demand that President Ilham Aliyev's government release Mehman Huseynov, a jailed a ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Thousands Rally In Baku Calling For Release Of Political Prisoners
Published: 19/01/2019Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Azerbaijani capital to call for the release of a jailed anticorruption blogger and other people they consider political prisoners. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
European Parliament Calls For Release Of Prominent Azerbaijani Blogger
Published: 17/01/2019European lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the unconditional release of jailed Azerbaijani anticorruption blogger Mehman Huseynov. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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