HRHN condemns the sentencing of Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus
By HUMAN RIGHTS HOUSE FOUNDATION (HRHF) humanrightshouse.org Today, a court in Azerbaijan sentenced Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus to many years in prison. [more >>>]
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As Turkey Bombed Anti-ISIS Fighters, It Hired Lobbying Firm Tied to 2016 Candidates
By LEE FANG The Intercept (firstlook.org) On July 24, Turkey launched a massive military campaign that included sweeping attacks against Kurdish forces as well as [more >>>]
‘Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn’t fall for its caviar diplomacy’
By SOUHAYR BELHASSEN* The Guardian After a lifetime fighting for human rights, Leyla and Arif Yunus face a decade in jail. How can Europe turn [more >>>]
The human costs of “strategic partnerships” with South Caucasian states
By RICHARD D. KAUZLARICH (Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe)* Brookings Institution I write this as I learn of [more >>>]
Amnesty International: Azeri authorities gave too many promises
contact.az “A promise from Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev to “personally oversee” the investigation into the beating to death of journalist Rasim Aliyev is unlikely to [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Journalist Rasim Aliyev dies after beating. Colleagues hold rally.
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS europeanjournalists.org Rasim Aliyev (31), an Azerbaijani independent journalist who was attacked and beaten by supporters of a local soccer player in [more >>>]
Post-Suruç Turkey
By CAGLA AYKAC opendemocracy.net It has been not much more than a couple of weeks since 31 young activists were killed in a suicide bombing [more >>>]
Council of Europe writes to Azerbaijan about jailed activist Ilgar Mammedov
By Commonspace.eu with the Press Office of the Council of Europe commonspace.eu The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has written to [more >>>]
Turkey resents America’s love story with the Kurds
By JULIAN PECQUET Al Monitor Turkey is engaged in a delicate diplomatic dance as it tries to convince the United States to abandon some of [more >>>]
Trial on Khadija Ismaylova’s case – observers not allowed
By KETEVAN GVEDASHVILI Human Rights House Network (HRHN) (LIBERALI) On July 24, 2015 Baku Court on Grave Crimes held pre-trial session into the case of [more >>>]