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Azerbaijan refuses Amnesty delegation after critical report
10-06-2015 14:16
The human rights organisation had a press conference planned to present a critical report on the country.
Azerbaijan, a delegation of Amnesty International denied admission in the run-up to the European games, which start next Friday.
The human rights organisation had a press conference planned to present a critical report on the country.
However, Amnesty International yesterday got to hear that Azerbaijan "currently not in a position to welcome the mission to Baku". According to the human rights organization wants to the Azeri Embassy in London that the visit be postponed until after the European play.
"Azerbaijan wants the play an uncritical party," says a spokesman for Amnesty International. "They have not for nothing a number of activists on the plane."
Freedom of expression In the report Azerbaijan: the Repression Amnesty International describes how Games journalists, opposition members and activists over the last year have been arrested and tortured.
Geert lock of the NOC * NSF says it is regrettable that it so bad state of freedom of expression in the country, but no consequences. "We follow the same line as the Dutch Government. We want the sports not run ahead on taking a political position. "
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