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OFFICIAL UNHAPPY ABOUT CLINTON'S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS REMARKS IN AZERBAIJAN
ANS TV
Dec 13 2011
Azerbaijan
[Presenter] The executive secretary of the [ruling] New Azerbaijan
Party, Ali Ahmadov, has responded to the US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton. This comes after Hillary Clinton's statement that
human rights are often violated in Azerbaijan.
Human rights situation in Azerbaijan is different from what Mrs Clinton
is aware of. This is Ali Ahmadov's response to the US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton's statement about human rights violation
in Azerbaijan.
[Ali Ahmadov] Death sentence has been abolished in Azerbaijan. Under
the Azerbaijani president's decree, prisoners have been repeatedly
released from prisons. Several times Azerbaijani parliament has
adopted amnesties. These all show that there is enough respect for
human rights in Azerbaijan.
[Correspondent] Ali Ahmadov does not consider the USA as a human
rights model. He said that the USA has not ratified the statement
on human rights adopted in 1948 and interferes in other countries'
affairs and makes pressure on them by presenting itself as human
rights defender. Ali Ahmadov says that for the US, the violation
of one person's rights is a tragedy whereas the violation of many
people's rights is just statistics.
On the occasion of the international human rights day, US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton cited Azerbaijan's name among the countries
where human rights are systematically violated and said there are
political prisoners in the country. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
also reacted to the statement. Press secretary of the ministry, Elman
Abdullayev, has said that the notion of the political prisoner does
not exist even in the [Universal] Declaration of Human Rights and such
expressions are the result of a biased attitude towards Azerbaijan. He
said the USA does not think about the restoration of rights of over
one million Azerbaijanis who have been ousted from their homes by
Armenian invaders. It almost does not remember the shooting and the
imprisonment of people in Armenia during the election period, Elman
Abdullayev has said.
Xatira Mammadova, Tural Fatullayev, ANS.
[translated from Azeri]
From: Baghdasarian
ANS TV
Dec 13 2011
Azerbaijan
[Presenter] The executive secretary of the [ruling] New Azerbaijan
Party, Ali Ahmadov, has responded to the US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton. This comes after Hillary Clinton's statement that
human rights are often violated in Azerbaijan.
Human rights situation in Azerbaijan is different from what Mrs Clinton
is aware of. This is Ali Ahmadov's response to the US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton's statement about human rights violation
in Azerbaijan.
[Ali Ahmadov] Death sentence has been abolished in Azerbaijan. Under
the Azerbaijani president's decree, prisoners have been repeatedly
released from prisons. Several times Azerbaijani parliament has
adopted amnesties. These all show that there is enough respect for
human rights in Azerbaijan.
[Correspondent] Ali Ahmadov does not consider the USA as a human
rights model. He said that the USA has not ratified the statement
on human rights adopted in 1948 and interferes in other countries'
affairs and makes pressure on them by presenting itself as human
rights defender. Ali Ahmadov says that for the US, the violation
of one person's rights is a tragedy whereas the violation of many
people's rights is just statistics.
On the occasion of the international human rights day, US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton cited Azerbaijan's name among the countries
where human rights are systematically violated and said there are
political prisoners in the country. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
also reacted to the statement. Press secretary of the ministry, Elman
Abdullayev, has said that the notion of the political prisoner does
not exist even in the [Universal] Declaration of Human Rights and such
expressions are the result of a biased attitude towards Azerbaijan. He
said the USA does not think about the restoration of rights of over
one million Azerbaijanis who have been ousted from their homes by
Armenian invaders. It almost does not remember the shooting and the
imprisonment of people in Armenia during the election period, Elman
Abdullayev has said.
Xatira Mammadova, Tural Fatullayev, ANS.
[translated from Azeri]
From: Baghdasarian