PACE officials: Azerbaijani authorities failed to listen to appeals to release Novruzali Mamedov

Faik Medzhid
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0400

Andres Herkel (Estonia) and Evgenia Zhivkova (Bulgaria), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) for Azerbaijan, are depressed with the fact of the failure of Azerbaijani authorities of Azerbaijan to listen to the appeals to release Novruzali Mamedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", who died on August 17. They have also expressed their regret for the loss of Mr Mamedov's scientific heritage.