Azerbaijan is one of the worst places in the world as regards to respect for freedom of media. Last year, the country ranked 167th out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. N...
Since 30 May 2021, 10 hate-related attacks against LGBTI+ persons have been reported in Baku, Azerbaijan. The attacks include physical violence, threats, and harassment with explicit homophobic and tr...
On Sunday, police in Azerbaijan detained opposition leaders and over 60 activists that were due to take part in a protest against the results of the parliamentary elections, held on 9 F...
In authoritarian Azerbaijan, president Ilham Aliyev retains total control. Corruption is widespread and any formal political opposition is weak following years of persecution and crackd...
The undersigned organisations are concerned over the initiation of disciplinary measures by the Azerbaijani Bar Association against the human rights lawyers Nemat Kerimli and Elchin Sadigov. We urge t...
4 December 2019 The undersigned organisations condemn the disproportionate disciplinary measures by the Azerbaijani Bar Association against Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Shahla Humbatova on 27 Novem...
To openly report about the situation in Azerbaijan has never been as dangerous as it is right now. The government’s control over the media and civil society has increased. As a result, the situa...
Twenty-one prominent Azerbaijani human rights defenders and civil society representatives have called for thorough investigations of the torture, arrest, and ill treatment of peaceful protesters befor...
On Saturday, Azerbaijani police detained more than 100 people at a peaceful protest rally in central Baku, including the leader of the opposition party Popular Front. Civil Rights Defenders calls upon...
Civil Rights Defenders condemns the renewed crackdown on journalists in Azerbaijan, including Mehman Huseynov, Mustafa Hajibeyli, Anar Mammadov, and Khadija Ismayilova. We call on the international co...
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