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New human rights organization established in Azerbaijan

10 December 2008 14:16 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadliâ€“APA. New human rights organization was founded in Azerbaijan. Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the new NGO Emin Huseynov held a press conference on this occasion, APA reports. He said newly-established Human Rights Institute was an organization jointly founded by the young people, who worked in the field of human rights protection so far. Huseynov said they had held a constituent assembly and in a few days they would appeal to the Justice Ministry for registration.
The Chairman said they were ready to work with all Human Rights NGOâ€™s in Azerbaijan. He said Human Rights Institute would try at first to remove newly-installed scanners at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport. He said the scanners installed for security took nude photos of the people, which was against the human rights. â€œThese equipments were banned in all European countries and it is unacceptable to implement it in Azerbaijanâ€. He said they would appeal relevant government organizations for this issue.