{"id":376,"date":"2014-06-25T12:52:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T12:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=376"},"modified":"2014-06-25T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:20:20","slug":"activists-protest-azerbaijani-presidents-pace-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Activists Protest Azerbaijani President’s PACE Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Azerbaijani activists protests against Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg on June 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at a session of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg has been met by protests.<\/p>\n

Azerbaijani activists living in Europe came to the PACE parliamentary session on June 24 wearing T-shirts with pictures of political prisoners in Azerbaijan and had their mouths covered with black tape.<\/p>\n

They protested Aliyev’s statement at the session that “all fundamental freedoms are respected in Azerbaijan.”<\/p>\n

Several Reporters Without Borders activists held a similar protest in front of PACE headquarters.<\/p>\n

Aliyev stated at the session that reforms in Azerbaijan “allow Azerbaijani citizens to practice any political activities” and called on EU officials to “avoid double standards.”<\/p>\n

On June 23, Human Rights Watch called on the Council of Europe and PACE to urge Aliyev to end his country\u2019s persecution of government critics and journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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