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    Council of Europe official, Azeri leader discuss democratization, relations

    Turan news agency, Baku
    6 May

    Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammerberg and
    President Ilham Aliyev discussed the process of democratization in
    Azerbaijan and its relations with the Council of Europe at a meeting
    in Baku on 5 May, the Azerbaijani news agency Turan has reported.

    After the meeting with the president, Hammerberg met a group of
    Azerbaijani rights activists. The meeting discussed the problem of
    political prisoners, the refusal of the UN to admit Azerbaijan to
    its human rights council, the situation surrounding members of the
    pro-opposition Yeni Fikir youth organization charged with cooperation
    with the Armenian intelligence service, the absence of an independent
    judiciary system in Azerbaijan and the health of the former ministers
    arrested on coup charges, rights advocate Novella Cafaroglu told Turan.
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