A MEMBER OF AZERBAIJANI DELEGATION TO PACE: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON ORDERS PUT AN END TO ISSUE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS IN AZERBAIJAN
Author: J. Shakhverdiyev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 31 2006
The orders on pardon signed by the President have put an end to an
issue on political prisoners in the country, MP Fazil Ibrahimov,
a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE (Parliamentary
Assembly of Council of Europe, said, expressing his attitude toward
expressions connected with the necessity on making a report connected
with political prisoners inn Azerbaijan to be prepared by Andreas
Herkel, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani MP said, that the PACE Co-Rapporteurs for Azerbaijan
have expressed their positions toward all issues connected with
the economic, political, spiritual, and democratic situation in
the country, including an issue on political prisoners. "I wish the
reports they to prepare, will reflect the reality. I wish people saw
them as they are, not either in a black or white tones", he said.
Mr. Ibrahimli pointed out that an issue on political prisoners has
been closed in Azerbaijan. "The orders on pardon signed by the
President have put an end to an issue on political prisoners in
the country. However, we could treat this issue from two different
aspectsõ. The first lies in functioning of special NGOs which are
not interested the development of democracy and law enforcement
in the country. They obtain money from different people and put
certain persons to the lists of political prisoners. Those who are
linked with Armenians are among them as well. If there are persons
who were convicted for their political points of view in Azerbaijan,
then it might harm the whole country. And we ought to do our best to
avoid it", he said.
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