‘We Youth  Climate #Activists and #Campaigners will be watching Western Countries. #GlobalNorth #WorldLeaders you are required to be on your best behaviour especially the Americans.’ We expect to be not used as Political tools for hidden agendas. It’s time positive discussions and change. #ClimateJustice #FridaysForFuture #ClimateChange

The country has been ruled for 20 years by Ilham Aliyev, who took over as president from his father. According to Human Rights Watch, the government had at least 30 political dissidents in its prisons in 2022. #BreakingNews

Web News Article ~ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/12/09/oil-reliant-azerbaijan-chosen-to-host-cop29-climate-talks/ #COP29

The campaign group said that restrictive laws continued to impede nongovernmental organizations from operating independently and that there are restrictions on media and systemic torture of prisoners.

The government has been keen in recent years to host high-profile international events, bringing the Europa League football final and Formula One Grand Prix to its capital Baku.

In 2020, Azerbaijan and its neighbour Armenia fought a six week war which killed thousands over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Last year, the government of Azerbaijan hired a British public relations firm to publicise their accusations that the government of Armenia had damaged the environment of Nagorno-Karabakh. #CeaseFireInGazaNow

Experts told Climate Home News at the time that these claims were misleading, as the forests were depleted faster after Azerbaijan took charge, and that they had an “element of propaganda” to them. #AzerbaijaniPresident #IlhamAliyev @azerbaijan_president @azerbaijanmfa

Source: Climate Home News #ClimateHomeNews

#Azerbaijan #Cop28UAE #COP29Baku #Baku

#GCBRandTCSL #GCBRandTCSLC

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