Organization of Turkic States to discuss the situation in Kazakhstan

The freedom of the press around the world is threatened by the very people who should be its guarantors – the political authorities. This is evidenced by the latest annual World Press Freedom Index, prepared by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Judging by satellite images, the village of Dashalti, the nearest village to the town of Shusha, is almost completely destroyed. More precisely, 90% of the houses have been demolished.  The authorities have not informed about the reconstruction or the master plan, according to which this settlement will be rebuilt.

Aziz Orujev, the health of the head of “Kanal-13” Internet TV, who is under arrest, has deteriorated, his lawyer Bahruz Bayramov told Turan. According to him, the journalist suffers from panic attacks. "His hands are shaking, his general condition is deteriorating dramatically," the lawyer said. Orujev is currently being treated at the Prison Service hospital.

On May 1, the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA), Jahangir Hajiyev, announced a hunger strike in prison N13 in protest against the absence of effective medical care and conditions of detention, his lawyer Hajiyev Fahraddin Mehdiyev, who met with his client on May 2, said Turan. According to him, Hajiyev suffers from thyroid disease, cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension. However, despite repeated appeals, he is not being transferred either to the Medical Institution of the penitentiary service or the medical and sanitary part of the colony, Mehdiyev said.