EU parliament sets conditions for Azerbaijan treaty
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MEPs in a resolution Thursday said their consent to an EU "Strategic Modernisation Partnership" with Azerbaijan "will be conditional" on its release of five named human rights defenders. Rights campaigners say Baku is holding 98 political prisoners, but has privileged EU relations due to plans to build a gas pipeline.
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