Baku/Vienna/EU-wide – The Austrian Member of the European Parliament Lena Schilling (Inexperienced) intends to satisfy with political prisoners within the authoritarian-ruled nation through the UN Local weather Convention COP29 in Azerbaijan, along with 9 different EU parliamentarians. They demand this in a letter to the Minister of Justice in Baku, Schilling defined on Monday in an internet press convention in Brussels. Along with the Azerbaijani activist Zhala Bayramova, she strongly criticized the COP29 host nation.
Schilling will journey to Baku subsequent week, along with different representatives of the EU Parliament, for the two-week World Local weather Convention that begins at this time, Monday. She criticizes that the authoritarian regime beneath the dictator Ilham Aliyev is utilizing the convention to greenwash its nation. Schilling additionally pointed to media stories indicating that the federal government in Baku plans to make use of COP29 to barter new oil contracts. The nation on the Caspian Sea is wealthy in fossil sources resembling oil and fuel. For the reason that Russian assault on Ukraine, the nation is taken into account an alternate provider of fossil fuels for Europe.
As well as, the press convention highlighted the very poor human rights scenario in Azerbaijan. In line with the letter dated November eighth, the ten EU parliamentarians additionally wish to meet the Azerbaijani Justice Minister Farid Ahmadov to debate the “scenario of particular person activists, journalists, and human rights defenders”. The three prisoners, to whom the members need entry, are the environmental activist Anar Mammadli, the journalist Nargiz Absalamova, and the economist and critic of his nation’s oil and fuel trade, Gubad Ibadoghlu.
Bayramova – the daughter of Ibadoghlu – reiterated within the dialogue the repression and violence to which her mother and father have been uncovered and are nonetheless uncovered of their homeland. She additionally criticized the EU Fee, which had to this point refused to contact her, and its President Ursula von der Leyen, who had described the Aliyev regime as a “dependable accomplice.” Schilling referred to as on the representatives from the European Union taking part in COP29 to deal with the human rights scenario in discussions with representatives of Azerbaijan. (11.11.2024)
