Search results for "Leyla Yunus"

Leyla Yunus: “They’re planning to wipe us out”

 Leyla Yunus, who is currently on trial on spurious charges, warns that Azerbaijan's government is targeting her and her husband, Arif, to instill fear in the country's citizens.
2015-08-07

Azerbaijan: Lawyers denied access to Leyla Yunus

 Disregarding the motion by European Parliament earlier this week, Azerbaijan has failed to release political prisoners Leyla and Arif Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Hasan Huseynli.
2014-09-25

Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Leyla Yunus, Arif Yunus and Rasul Jafarov

 60 NGOs from 13 Human Rights Houses call upon the Azerbaijani authorities, in their joint letter to President Ilham Aliyev, to immediately and unconditionally release Leyla Yunus, Arif Yunus and Rasul Jafarov, and lift all charges held against them.
2014-08-06

Letter: Persecution of human rights defender Leyla Yunus

 Minister Usubov Ramil Idris oglu Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Avenue 7 1005 Baku Republic of Azerbaijan Email: [email protected] Prosecutor General Zakir Bakir oglu Garalov Nigar Rafibayli street 7 1001 Baku Republic of Azerbaijan Email: [email protected] Mr Minister, Mr Prosecutor General, We, the undersigned members and partners of the Human […]
2014-04-30

Azerbaijan: Interpol must prevent misuse of alerts against Leyla and Arif Yunus

 Index on Censorship joins with 24 other international organisations to call on Interpol to prevent the misuse of Interpol alerts against Leyla and Arif Yunus
2017-06-13

Azerbaijan: Suspension of sentences for Leyla and Arif Yunus is a welcome step, but justice still elusive

 We -- members of the Civic Solidarity Platform and the Sports For Rights Campaign -- were relieved to learn that one of Azerbaijan’s most well-known
2015-12-11

Azerbaijan’s authorities reach new low in sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus

 Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan's civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
2015-08-13

Azerbaijan: Prosecutors seeking long sentences for Leyla and Arif Yunus

 Prosecutors in the case against Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus have asked the court to sentence the couple to 11 and 9 years respectively
2015-08-06

Azerbaijani human rights defender charged with high treason

 Leyla Yunus has been charged with “high treason (article 274), tax evasion (article 213), illegal entrepreneurship (article 192), forged documentation (article 320) and fraud (article 178.3.2)”, reports Meydan TV.
2014-07-30

Only two shades of grey in Azerbaijan

 It does not take a lot of time and effort to see that when it comes to Azerbaijan, views on the country’s freedom of expression record split in two. Azerbaijani blogger Arzu Geybulla writes
• Human rights defender Leyla Yunus is detained again
2014-07-30

Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Azerbaijan
2017-10-10

Azerbaijan: Free prisoners before Baku Grand Prix race

 The Formula One Group leadership should urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix
2016-05-17