German Bundestag urges Baku to respect human rightsNovember 18, 2011 - 11:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 9, the Bundestag Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid passed a resolution urging Azerbaijan to observe the principles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Committee called on PACE to exert pressure on Azerbaijani government over its hampering the activity of PACE rapporteur on human rights Christoph Strasser. As a member of the Council of Europe, Azerbaijan must fulfill its obligations, the Committee said. The Azerbaijani authorities reject existence of political prisoners and deny rapporteur Strasser’s entry to the country. However, according to human rights organizations, there are up to 70 political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |