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Azerbaijan presses on Arif Yunusov because of his cooperation with
Armenians: He is hospitalized in pre-infarction condition
23:59 26/04/2014 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijani authorities "revealing the spy network" will put an end to
the Armenian-Azerbaijani joint projects with the participation of
independent NGOs. The Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" reports
referring to the joint statement of the Azerbaijani human rights
activist Leyla Yunus and Armenian journalist Laura Baghdasaryan on the
prosecution of Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov in espionage.
"We are two women ` a human rights activist and a journalist ` two
mothers, one from Azerbaijan and the other from Armenia, cooperating
for almost ten years. We stand shoulder to shoulder in the difficult
task of creating and reinforcing the social dialogue between the two
nations which are in a war for over 20 years. We go hand in hand for
almost 10 years, releasing joint articles, books and finally creating
the first and only unique joint website - publicdialogues.info. This
is a platform for establishing a dialogue between Armenians and
Azerbaijanis," the statement reads.
The authors note that on the site created by them the citizens of
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, United States
and European Union countries were talking, arguing, discussing
important social problems.
"We are against future wars! We are against the death and hatred
between our children and grandchildren, we are against the policy
sowing hatred, we are against the hatred atmosphere towards our
neighbors," write Leyla Yunus and Laura Baghdasaryan.
The statement notes that on April 19, 2014 the Azerbaijani authorities
arrested Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov on charges of
espionage for Armenia. He has been an active participant in numerous
online and international conferences held on their websites. On April
22 by the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan a joint
team of investigators and the Prosecutor General of Ministry of
National Security was created aimed at "disclosing a large network of
Armenia spies in Azerbaijan."
"It is easy to predict that this network is expected to include the
members of our Dialogue. They have started to press on Laila already,
the spouse of Arif Yunusov. Arif Yunusov, the author of eight books
and over 230 articles on the modern history of the Caucasus, of the
Karabakh conflict in particular, has been an active participant of
international conferences in Armenian territory since 2001. Currently
Arif Yunusov is hospitalized," the statement reads.
Azerbaijani news portal "Hakqqin.az" also reports that political
scientist Arif Yunus, the director of the Institute for Peace and
Democracy, is in a pre-infarction condition and is urgently
hospitalized.
"Earlier media repeatedly disseminated information that Leyla and Arif
Yunus may face the fate of detained journalist Rauf Mirkadirov because
they also often visited Armenia and participate in projects of
"people's diplomacy," writes the portal.
Rauf Mirkadirov, columnist of Azerbaijani newspaper "Zerkalo", was
arrested on April 18 in Ankara on charges of expiration of documents.
On April 19 Mirkadirov was deported to Azerbaijan, where he
immediately was arrested and put in custody by the MNS on suspicion of
treason. On April 21 the court in Baku sanctioned his arrest for three
months. Mirkadirov is accused of the cooperation with special services
of Armenia, specifically, he is accused of making the transfers of the
state secret information, including those about the dislocation of
Azerbaijani Armed forces to Armenia during 2008-2009.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
Armenians: He is hospitalized in pre-infarction condition
23:59 26/04/2014 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijani authorities "revealing the spy network" will put an end to
the Armenian-Azerbaijani joint projects with the participation of
independent NGOs. The Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" reports
referring to the joint statement of the Azerbaijani human rights
activist Leyla Yunus and Armenian journalist Laura Baghdasaryan on the
prosecution of Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov in espionage.
"We are two women ` a human rights activist and a journalist ` two
mothers, one from Azerbaijan and the other from Armenia, cooperating
for almost ten years. We stand shoulder to shoulder in the difficult
task of creating and reinforcing the social dialogue between the two
nations which are in a war for over 20 years. We go hand in hand for
almost 10 years, releasing joint articles, books and finally creating
the first and only unique joint website - publicdialogues.info. This
is a platform for establishing a dialogue between Armenians and
Azerbaijanis," the statement reads.
The authors note that on the site created by them the citizens of
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, United States
and European Union countries were talking, arguing, discussing
important social problems.
"We are against future wars! We are against the death and hatred
between our children and grandchildren, we are against the policy
sowing hatred, we are against the hatred atmosphere towards our
neighbors," write Leyla Yunus and Laura Baghdasaryan.
The statement notes that on April 19, 2014 the Azerbaijani authorities
arrested Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov on charges of
espionage for Armenia. He has been an active participant in numerous
online and international conferences held on their websites. On April
22 by the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan a joint
team of investigators and the Prosecutor General of Ministry of
National Security was created aimed at "disclosing a large network of
Armenia spies in Azerbaijan."
"It is easy to predict that this network is expected to include the
members of our Dialogue. They have started to press on Laila already,
the spouse of Arif Yunusov. Arif Yunusov, the author of eight books
and over 230 articles on the modern history of the Caucasus, of the
Karabakh conflict in particular, has been an active participant of
international conferences in Armenian territory since 2001. Currently
Arif Yunusov is hospitalized," the statement reads.
Azerbaijani news portal "Hakqqin.az" also reports that political
scientist Arif Yunus, the director of the Institute for Peace and
Democracy, is in a pre-infarction condition and is urgently
hospitalized.
"Earlier media repeatedly disseminated information that Leyla and Arif
Yunus may face the fate of detained journalist Rauf Mirkadirov because
they also often visited Armenia and participate in projects of
"people's diplomacy," writes the portal.
Rauf Mirkadirov, columnist of Azerbaijani newspaper "Zerkalo", was
arrested on April 18 in Ankara on charges of expiration of documents.
On April 19 Mirkadirov was deported to Azerbaijan, where he
immediately was arrested and put in custody by the MNS on suspicion of
treason. On April 21 the court in Baku sanctioned his arrest for three
months. Mirkadirov is accused of the cooperation with special services
of Armenia, specifically, he is accused of making the transfers of the
state secret information, including those about the dislocation of
Azerbaijani Armed forces to Armenia during 2008-2009.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian