European public appreciated the atmosphere of ethnic and religious tolerance in Azerbaijan-PACE Chairman
The head of
a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has
condemned
Christos Pourgourides,
chairman of the PACE Committee for Legal Affairs and Human Rights, described
himself as a critic of
During a meeting with
Hidayat Orujov, chairman of
The Cypriot MP said that
the European public appreciated the atmosphere of ethnic and religious
tolerance in
"Freedom of conscience and tolerance in
Freedom of religion,
respect for faith and state care in this field have a prominent position in
The State Committee for Work with Religious Associations, which marked its 10th
anniversary a few months ago, was created to regulate relations between
religion and the state in a fair and democratic manner in the multi-ethnic and
multi-faith state that is
"It aimed to
coordinate the efforts of religious associations and local and central
authorities in the process of building civil society," he told the visitors.
Christos Pourgourides and
PACE committee member Elsa Papadimitriou also met members of the Public
Committee of the Justice Ministry's Penitentiary Service.
The coordinator of the
public committee, Alimammad Nuriyev, outlined the committee's work and the projects
done.
Committee members Sahib
Mammadov, Zaliha Tahirova, Nazir Guliyev and Elmari Mamishov also spoke about
reforms in the penitentiary system, problems and challenges.
They said that the committee has a mandate only to visit penitentiary facilities
which prevents them from protecting prisoners' rights in other places of
detention.
They also made clear that
the committee was self-financing.
The meeting discussed
political prisoners in
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