{"id":10892,"date":"2020-02-05T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T11:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=10892"},"modified":"2020-02-21T21:16:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T17:16:42","slug":"ahmad-shahidov-visits-gazmalar-village-mosque-in-gakh-region-when-i-saw-this-mosque-my-heart-sank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=10892","title":{"rendered":"Ahmad Shahidov visits Gazmalar village mosque in Gakh region: &#8220;When I saw this mosque my heart sank&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10893\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_1-625x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a>A well-known human rights defender, Ahmad Shahidov, a candidate for deputy from the 112th Gakh constituency, was in Gazmalar village of Gakh region and visited the village mosque. The current state of the Gazmalar village mosque, which has been demolished for the past 30 years, is heartbreaking. Ahmad Shahidov, who raised the issue of repairing the village mosque or building a new mosque in Gazmalar village, said he will apply to the relevant government agencies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Ll8z5MNFDo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong>\u00a0Ahmad Shahidov was born in 1982 in the Gakh region. He graduated from Baku Slavic University with bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He is a human rights defender, socio-political activist, journalist, poet, writer, author of 7 books.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2013 Azerbaijan. More about his activity, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\">www.shahidov.com\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10893\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_1-625x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10894\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_2-622x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_2-622x350.jpg 622w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/qazmalar_mescidi_2-204x115.jpg 204w, 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