Azerbaijani authorities resorting to blackmail - Armenian MP

ArmInfo.  The Azerbaijani authorities are resorting to outright blackmail, which is typical for authoritarian regimes. This was stated by Armen Gevorgyan, a member of the Armenian delegation, a deputy of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia from the opposition faction "Armenia", former  Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, speaking at the  discussions in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe  (PACE).

The day before, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that Baku  would not comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human  Rights, since the Azerbaijani delegation was deprived of the right to  vote in PACE.

"This is outright political blackmail, typical for authoritarian  regimes. Ilham Aliyev has already deprived tens of thousands of  Armenians of their rights, holds shameful show trials of Armenian  prisoners, and is now depriving Azerbaijani citizens of the right to  justice in Strasbourg," the Armenian delegate emphasized. He added  that this is the essence of Europe's dangerous compromises with a  regime that exchanges gas for human rights. "We are witnessing not  only the decline of the International Criminal Court, but also a real  threat of losing the human rights system based on European values,"  Armen Gevorkyan emphasized.