A harsh statement from the Gakh elder: “The Gakh’s residents have never voted or will not vote for Azer Karimli”

A well-known human rights defender, Ahmad Shahidov, a candidate for deputy from the 112th Gakh constituency, held a meeting with voters in the Gakh region Cultural Center named after Samad Vurgun. Speaking to a group of Gakh residents, Ahmad Shahidov shared his platform and views on issues that concern the Gakh region. During a meeting in the atmosphere of mutual discussion, the elder of Gakh region said that residents of Gakh have not seen the MP Azer Karimli for recent 20 years. MP Azer Karimli, who comes to the district from election to election, never won the votes of the Gakh’s residents, and we will never vote for Azer Karimli.

Biography: Ahmad Shahidov was born in 1982 in the Gakh region. He graduated from Baku Slavic University with bachelor’s, master’s and post graduate degrees. He is PhD in Philology. He graduated from the State Law Faculty of the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

He is a director of the Azerbaijan Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, and also a Coordinator of the Information Center for Azerbaijani Captives and Hostages.

He is a human rights defender, socio-political activist, journalist, poet, writer, author of 7 books.

Besides that he has attended a series of international conferences, held various meetings with the top officials of the European institutions, human rights, watchdog organizations and signed mutual understanding agreements as a human rights defender. These very groundbreaking meetings and conferences played crucial role in his life in terms of being more and more active in sociopolitical life of his country – Azerbaijan. More about his activity, please visit www.shahidov.com/en

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