President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Luis Maria de Puig, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, met with the Human Rights defenders Arzu Abdullayeva, Novella Jafaroglu, Saida Gojamanli, Saadat Bananyarli, Leila Yunus, Elchin Behbudov and lawyer Rashid Hajili on Wednesday. Novella Jafaroglu told APA, they have discussed the issues of human rights, freedoms of speech and assembly, arrested journalists and political prisoners at the meeting. Jafaroglu said the human rights defenders raised issue before Luis Maria de Puig about the preparation of mechanisms for the fulfillment of PACE resolution on Azerbaijan. PACE President said he had discussed with the Government officials the fulfillment of resolution during his visit to Azerbaijan.
PACE President meets with the Human Right defenders
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