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AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER SAYS PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS CORRUPTED
tert.am
13.06.12
Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Azerbaijan Joseph Debono
Grech and Pedro Agramunt are unwilling to accept the human rights
violation cases in Azerbaijan because of being bribed by Azerbaijani
authorities, director of Peace and Democracy Institute Leyla Yunus
said.
According to Regnum news agency, Yunus stated that the co-rapporteurs
have taken bribes from the Azerbaijani authorities and do not want
to see the "real situation."
According to her, they have not even paid attention to the materials
they have presented on human rights' violations and have not included
them in their report.
In particular, the report does not mention the arrest of two
journalists and fact of beating a third one.
As to the mass extradition of citizens, the co-rapporteurs insisted
that the "absolute majority" was satisfied with the received
compensation.
She insisted on replacement of "corrupted PACE representatives"
as their report does not reflect the real situation in Azerbaijan.
About twenty civil society activists sent a letter to PACE expressing
no confidence to the co-rapporteurs.
From: Baghdasarian
tert.am
13.06.12
Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Azerbaijan Joseph Debono
Grech and Pedro Agramunt are unwilling to accept the human rights
violation cases in Azerbaijan because of being bribed by Azerbaijani
authorities, director of Peace and Democracy Institute Leyla Yunus
said.
According to Regnum news agency, Yunus stated that the co-rapporteurs
have taken bribes from the Azerbaijani authorities and do not want
to see the "real situation."
According to her, they have not even paid attention to the materials
they have presented on human rights' violations and have not included
them in their report.
In particular, the report does not mention the arrest of two
journalists and fact of beating a third one.
As to the mass extradition of citizens, the co-rapporteurs insisted
that the "absolute majority" was satisfied with the received
compensation.
She insisted on replacement of "corrupted PACE representatives"
as their report does not reflect the real situation in Azerbaijan.
About twenty civil society activists sent a letter to PACE expressing
no confidence to the co-rapporteurs.
From: Baghdasarian