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Oqtay Asadov
International organizations should have studied the case of youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade in detail before making statements about them, Azerbaijan's parliament speaker Oqtay Asadov has said.
"Their statements aim to exert pressure on Azerbaijan," Asadov told journalists on Friday.
The activists, Emin Milli, and Adnan Hajizade, were sentenced on 11 November to two years and six months imprisonment and two years respectively, having been found guilty under Criminal Code Articles 127.2.3 (deliberately causing minor injury) and 221.2.1 (hooliganism).
The US State Department, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have all expressed concern at the case.
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