“We earn our bread by our honest work” – heartfelt meeting with an elder of Ambarchay village

A well-known human rights defender, Ahmad Shahidov, a candidate for deputy from the 112th Gakh constituency, visited Ambarchay village of Gakh region and visited the village elder’s house. Ahmad Shahidov, who is interested in the concerns of the Ambarchay village, said that the opening of the Gakh Breeding Silk Station, which was opened with the participation of President Ilham Aliyev, has a great impact on the development of silkworm breeding and productivity in the country, as well as the employment of local residents in the village of Ambarchay of Gakh district.

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