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Finnish Foreign Minister meets with Azerbaijani party leaders and human rights defenders

02 April 2012 14:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Shahriyar Alizadeh â€“ APA. Foreign Minister of Finland Erkki Tuomioja, who is paying an official visit to Azerbaijan, met with chairmen of a number of parties and human rights defenders, Novella Jafaroglu, chairperson of the Society for Protection Women’s Rights after named Dilara Aliyeva, told APA.

Novella Jafaroglu said chairman of Musavat Party Isa Gambar and chairman of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Ali Karimli also attended the meeting.
â€œWe exchanged views on human rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan. The socio-political situation in Azerbaijan was discussed. We told the minister that the persons, who were detained in the Public Chamberâ€™s rally on April 2 last year, are still in prison, and said Azerbaijani human rights defenders are concerned over the imprisonment of those persons,â€ she said.