Less than six weeks ahead of a constitutional referendum, the Azerbaijani authorities have unleashed a new wave of repression to silence critical voices. Today, Civil Rights Defenders joins 17 other m...
In a statement released today, Civil Rights Defenders and the undersigned members of the Sport for Rights coalition condemn the Azerbaijani authorities’ crackdown on the independent media and other cr...
Human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev is the Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2016. Recently released from prison, he is one of several human rights defenders in Azerbaijan who has been detained for the...
Civil Rights Defenders and 19 other member organisations of the Sports For Right coalition are delighted and relieved after the Azerbaijani authorities released 15 human rights defenders from prison. ...
In a recent statement, Civil Rights Defenders and ten other civil society organisations that are members of the Sport for Rights coalition expressed seriously concern regarding the on-going case again...
With just two days remaining until Azerbaijan’s parliamentary elections, the Sport for Rights campaign of which Civil Rights Defenders is a member, has launched a new report examining the unprecedente...
Civil Rights Defenders condemn the politically motivated sentencing of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadiya Ismayilova to 7.5 years in prison. Today, 1 September, Khadiya was convicted by the ...
The Sport for Rights coalition that includes Civil Rights Defenders recently issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Leyla and Arif Yunus, as well as other jailed jou...
The human rights situation continues to deteriorate in Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the European Games. On 8 August, the journalist Rasim Aliyev was brutally attacked and severely beaten by a group ...
Civil Rights Defenders has learned that human rights defender Intigam Aliev has had his appeal to dismiss a 7.5 year prison sentence quashed by the Baku Court of Appeal. The Court rejected all motions...
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