PanArmenian News
Feb 2 2005

AZERBAIJAN MAY BE EXPELLED FROM PACE

01.02.2005 19:01

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “If before the PACE April session the question of
political prisoners is not solved in Azerbaijan, the country can lose
its mandate in the organization,” PACE Rapporteur on political
prisoners in Azerbaijan Malcolm Bruce told BBC. In his words, he
studies the case of seven opposition leaders and thinks that these
could be referred to as political prisoners. Human rights proponent
Leyla Yunus noted that she had many times warned about the patience
of international organizations being limited. “Only by means of
universal amnesty Azerbaijan can avoid undesirable consequences,” L.
Yunus emphasized. It should be reminded that Azerbaijan is the only
South Caucasian country, where political prisoners are still
available