Azerbaijan releases jailed Iranian reporter December 28, 2012 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan released an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)'s reporter in Baku after 10 months of imprisonment, Fars news agency reports. Anar Bayramli was freed following repeated requests by human rights organizations and activists and after Azeri President Ilham Aliyev signed a pardon order for 87 convicts, including a number of political prisoners. Bayramli was arrested on February 17 after Azeri police incriminated him for alleged possession of drugs. A Baku court sentenced him to two years in prison on June 11 while his charges had not been proven. Someone had put drugs in a pocket of his coat which he was not wearing, FNA says. The appeal court reduced his sentence from two years to 12 months on August 2 following broad protests by Azeri, Iranian and Turkish associations and international human rights organizations. Partner news  Top stories The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
