14:29, 20 May 2004

Azerbaijan rights activists deliver Chechen refugees' complaints to PACE rapporteur

Members of the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan met with the delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Andreas Gross and David Cupina, on May 19. The human rights activists informed the guests from Strasbourg about the situation with the honoring of commitments to the Council of Europe by Azerbaijan, in particular about the judicial system reform, creation of public television, improvement of election legislation, and other issues. They also delivered to the PACE delegates various documents prepared by the Federation and addressed to Mr Gross by convicts and members of their families.

Taking into account that Andreas Gross is a PACE rapporteur not only on Azerbaijan but on Chechnya too, director of the Azerbaijan Human Rights Center Eldar Zeinalov handed over to him complaints received by the Center from Chechen refuges in Azerbaijan.

Source: REGNUM News Agency