ANOTHER BAN IN NAKHIJEVAN: CIVIL SERVANT-WOMEN ARE BANNED FROM WEARING SHIRTS WITH SHORT SLEEVES
19:00 11/06/2014 >> SOCIETY
According to the decision of the authorities of the Nakhijevan
Autonomous Republic, the women working in governmental institutions
should wear only long-sleeved shirts; one of the residents of
Nakhijevan reported the Azerbaijani news portal “Axar.az.”
According to the residents, such a ban is to act soon for women working
in other areas too. As noted in the article, such a ban has recently
been installed for men too.
The portal writes that Hussein Askerov, the head of the press service
of the Supreme Council of Nakhijivan, has refused to comment on the
decision taken by the authorities.
The head of the Nakhijevan Autonomy Vasif Talibov, who was included
in the list of the world’s “predators of press” by the organization
of “Reporters without Borders”, is known for a number of extravagant
bans. Thus, on November 2013 he banned giving foreign names to trade
centers in Nakhijevan. In August Vasif Talibov forbade the women
serving in governmental offices to wear nylon pantyhose.
In August Talibov ordered to close all Internet cafes. Besides that,
all possible places where people gather, like cafes, teahouses and
hairdressing salons, are closed too. It is also forbidden to walk on
the streets in groups, have evening walks, hang laundry on the balcony,
bake bread in tonirs (a hole in a ground made for baking bread –
Ed.) as well as mark feasts. In September 2012 Talibov arbitrarily
banned abortion in Nakhijevan Autonomy.
The international human rights activists call Nakhijevan “black island
of Azerbaijan” long ago. The local human rights activists note that
the Autonomy has become a human rights violations’ laboratory for the
Azerbaijani authorities. Thus, the repression, torture and pressure
methods that are used against the oppositionists and civil society
activists are being tested in Nakhijevan, and afterwards apply to
the whole country.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress