Baku, North Azerbaijan, Dec. 16 Policy pursued by Armenia aimed at resettling Syrian refugees of Armenian origin on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is a grave breach of the international humanitarian law, reads a statement by the Delegation of Azerbaijan at the United Nations High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges. …
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US-backed YPG terrorists recruiting displaced children from Syria camps, report says
Ankara,Turkey,Aug 16 The PKK terror group’s Syrian affiliate the People’s Protection Units (YPG) is recruiting children from displacement camps in the country’s northeast in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said Friday. According to Daily Sabah news agency, Thousands of people live in camps scattered across parts of Syria …
Read More »IRAN: RELEASE AZERBAIJANI TURKIC MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL CULTURAL GATHERINGS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …
Read More »Turkey hosts largest refugee population in world
Ankara,Turkey,June 21 Turkey has the largest refugee population in the world, according to a two-year study conducted by the Turkish Parliament’s Refugee Subcommittee that operates under the Human Rights Committee. According to report of HDN , Turkey currently hosts approximately 4.3 million refugees. Of the millions taking refuge in Turkey, 3.4 million reside in the country …
Read More »Two Iranian Kabaddi Players Seek Asylum in Australia
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 13 Two members of Iran’s national team have refused to return from the Kabaddi World Cup in Australia and say they are seeking asylum after being threatened with “severe punishment” by the head of Iran’s Kabaddi Federation. The federation had previously insisted that the two players …
Read More »Why Trump’s Jerusalem move is triggering a chain reaction
Why Trump’s Jerusalem move is triggering a chain reaction-By :Monica Showalter There’s nothing like a little U.S. leadership. President Trump’s announcement that he is moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is seeing a heartening chain reaction as other nations follow our lead. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he’s hearing from all …
Read More »Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison
South Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison “They removed my tongue, when they saw I did not speak” “They spread quince oil on my body and set rats on me” Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. “I was made to stand for …
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