{"id":19397,"date":"2026-04-23T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19397"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:24:10","slug":"one-sided-views-on-azerbaijan-persist-at-pace-ahmad-shahidov-speaks-to-real-television-from-strasbourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19397","title":{"rendered":"One-sided views on Azerbaijan persist at PACE \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov speaks to REAL Television from Strasbourg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98r4k9m8egg?si=pnbeTkfmkgTwSNdI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasburq, continues its work today. The agenda includes discussions on the situation in the Middle East, the Russia-Ukraine war, increasing support for Ukraine, tightening sanctions against Russia, concerns over the implementation of the death penalty in Israel, combating the financing of international terrorism, and political rights. In addition, reports on elections held in Bulgaria and Kosovo have been presented to Assembly members.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defender Ahmad Shahidov, who is closely following the session in Strasbourg, stated in an interview with REAL TV that despite the broad agenda, biased approaches toward Azerbaijan are still evident in some speeches: \u201cThe agenda is quite comprehensive, with international security issues at the forefront. However, statements made about Azerbaijan at the PACE platform are often far from objective and reflect a one-sided perspective\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Shahidov also noted that statements regarding certain individuals detained in Azerbaijan, as well as the presentation of Armenian-origin detainees held in Baku \u2013 including Ruben Vardanyan, Araik Harutyunyan, Bako Saakyan and others \u2013 by European parliamentarians as \u201cpolitical prisoners,\u201d \u201cprisoners of war,\u201d and \u201cprisoners of conscience,\u201d demonstrate the continuation of this bias: \u201cThis shows that PACE continues its policy of double standards towards Azerbaijan. One of the main reasons why the Azerbaijani delegation suspended its activities in the Assembly a few years ago was precisely this approach\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19398\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19399\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026a.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19400\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026b.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19401\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/realtv_23.04.2026c.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasburq, continues its work today. 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