“Election day was calm and peaceful across the country,” said the report, by delegation head Jordi Xuclà (Spain, ALDE), and no major or systemic violations of the Election Code were observed. However, in a few polling stations minor ballot stuffing and some group voting was observed.
Besides electoral issues, however, the delegation noted with regret that “serious concerns in the sphere of human rights still remain in Azerbaijan as, in particular, a large number of human rights defenders and NGO activists are imprisoned on different charges”. It called on the Azerbaijani authorities to urgently improve the situation of human rights and to continue the democratic development of the country after the elections.
The delegation also called on Azerbaijan to take note of relevant recommendations of the Venice Commission.
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