Second Talysh on the brink of fleeing Azerbaijan for ArmeniaFebruary 20, 2017 - 13:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Resident of Talysh-inhabited region of Lerik Eldaniz Guliyev has threatened the Azerbaijani authorities to move to Armenia, Talysh Info reports citing blogger Azar Kazymov. Guliyev posted on his Facebook a statement addressed to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In his statement, the Talysh explained that the head of the executive power of Lerik region Rovshan Bagirov forcibly took away his own land. Guliyev was then summoned to the district police station and threatened, to prevent him from complaning anywhere. Desperate after the incident, Guliyev said the only way out of this situation was to move to Armenia, because, according to him, no one in Azerbaijan would ever consider his complaint. As reported earlier,Azerbaijani citizen Shahin Mirzoev is seeking temporary asylum in Armenia. A Talysh journalist and activist, Mirzoev has asked for temporary asylum as a means of escaping persecution. Mirzoev and his family fled Azerbaijan following continued oppression at the hands of the government. As members of a minority community, Mirzoev and the Talysh people are subject to discrimination by local authorities on both religious and ethnic grounds. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. |