The South Caucasus News - SouthCaucasusNews.comAysel Umudova, a member of Meydan TV, was placed under a 4-month detention order on 6 December.
Her lawyer, Aqil Layic, stated that the charges against her remain unclear, and mentioned that she has not been feeling well and that emergency medical assistance had been called for her twice.
Other members of the channel also face similar detention measures.
Reports indicate that Aysel’s health has significantly worsened, with an increase in her panic attacks. Her relatives shared that her condition has caused her body to tremble continuously and she vomited repeatedly during the trial, requiring frequent trips to the restroom.
Due to the severity of her condition, Aysel carries a bag in her pocket to cope with vomiting. At the Baku Main Police Department, her blood pressure dropped, prompting an emergency call.
Her health has deteriorated as she struggles to eat and continues to vomit.
Dozens of journalists in Azerbaijan have been detained under similar charges, with local and international human rights organizations calling for their immediate release.
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Aysel Umudova, a member of Meydan TV, was placed under a 4-month detention order on 6 December.
Her lawyer, Aqil Layic, stated that the charges against her remain unclear, and mentioned that she has not been feeling well and that emergency medical assistance had been called for her twice.
Other members of the channel also face similar detention measures.
Reports indicate that Aysel’s health has significantly worsened, with an increase in her panic attacks. Her relatives shared that her condition has caused her body to tremble continuously and she vomited repeatedly during the trial, requiring frequent trips to the restroom.
Due to the severity of her condition, Aysel carries a bag in her pocket to cope with vomiting. At the Baku Main Police Department, her blood pressure dropped, prompting an emergency call.
Her health has deteriorated as she struggles to eat and continues to vomit.
Dozens of journalists in Azerbaijan have been detained under similar charges, with local and international human rights organizations calling for their immediate release.
The post Lawyer: “Aysel Umudova’s condition is not good” appeared first on MEYDAN.TV.
On December 9, U.S. Ambassador Robin Dunnigan met with Georgian Ombudsman Levan Ioseliani to discuss the importance of the public defender’s office in protecting the rights of Georgians. The statement by the U.S. Embassy stresses that all those responsible for violence must face consequences and that all detained protesters must be released.
“Those responsible for the brutal and unjustified violence, including against demonstrators, media representatives and members of the opposition, must be held accountable. Those who exercised their right to freedom of assembly and expression must be immediately released,” says the U.S. Embassy statement.
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On December 9, Mamuka Mdinaradze, executive secretary of the Georgian Dream party and parliamentary majority leader, announced that “an amendment to the Law on Civil Service will be introduced, which will simplify the issues of reorganization in the public sector.” He said, “This solution will make civil service more healthy.” Governments in Georgia often used the formality of “reorganization” to create artificial redundancies and ease out the dissenting officials.
The Georgian Dream government has prided itself on the new Civil Service Law in 2015, which aimed at promoting a unified, professional civil service. To support the public administration reform in line with Georgia’s commitments under the EU Association Agenda, the government received considerable funding and technical assistance from the EU and other donors, such as the United Kingdom.
Responding to hundreds of civil servants dissociating themselves from the Georgian Dream’s turn away from the EU, on December 3, GD’s Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the civil service was going through a “process of self-cleansing.” He also said the dissenters were the “last resource” that the “foreign agents” and their foreign patrons were saving up to the last moment to launch “NatsMaidan.”
“The self-cleansing process has been very interesting. Of course, we’ve been watching everyone, and we will react to everyone’s actions. This reaction will be in accordance with the Constitution and the law, but there will be a reaction; I can say this with full confidence,” Kobakhidze said.
On the same day, December 3, President Salome Zurabishvili reacted, “They will fire everyone who signed the protests through “reorganization.”
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