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.
Azerbaijan: Lawyers denied access to Leyla Yunus
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EU Parliament calls on Azerbaijan to reform human rights
The European Parliament has called on Azerbaijan to release several prominent political prisoners and proceed with reforming the country’s human...
Azerbaijan: Letter to BP
Azerbaijanis are demanding that BP stop supporting repression in their country on the 20th anniversary of the Contract of the Century. A letter has...
Padraig Reidy: The ugliness under Azerbaijan’s alternate reality
Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is a country built of facades; facades of modernity and wealth and progress and “democracy”. Facades that hide an underlying ugliness.
Jodie Ginsberg: Five things you need to know before visiting Azerbaijan
London-based daily newspaper Metro ran a feature this month extolling the delights of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship, fills readers in on what Metro missed.
Azerbaijan: Protest calls on BP to cut ties with Aliyev regime
This week marks the anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century, when BP began its 20 year relationship with the Aliyev family. Aimee Hamilton reports
Azerbaijan: Azadliq journalist detained in continuing crackdown
In the latest move against civil society in the country, Seymour Hazy, a reporter working for Azadliq, Azerbaijan’s last independent newspaper, was sentenced to two months pretrial detention on Monday, charged with disorderly conduct. Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
Azerbaijan: Letter from imprisoned human rights activist Rasul Jafarov
The renowned Azerbaijani dissident, held at a pre-trial detention centre in the capital Baku, has written an appeal to the international community
Letter: Wave of repression in Azerbaijan
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland Secretary General of the Council of Europe 67075 Strasbourg Cedex France Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 99 Email: private.office@coe.int...
Azerbaijan: Police search NGO offices
Clampdown by authorities on human rights groups in Azerbaijan continues
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.
Azerbaijan’s government detains human rights defenders
Azerbaijani human rights activist Rasul Jafarov has been charged with tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship and power abuse and sentenced to three months of pre-trial detention. Jafarov’s detention follows the arrest last week of Leyla and Arif Yunus and the disappearance of the print edition of Azadliq.
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.
