(Source: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) The Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been freed from prison on grounds of her deteriorating health. Together with her fellow activist husband, Arif Yunus, she faces treason charges in a separate case. The decision of the Azerbaijani authorities came on the eve of International Human Rights Day, celebrated today around the Globe. Arif Yunus was released in November, also on health grounds. Following the good news in Baku, ALDE MEP, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP, Germany), Vice-President of the European...
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