Beaten activist Nasibov – in intensive care (UPDATED)
contact.az The condition of the beaten the night before Nakhchivan human rights activist and journalist Ilgar Nasibov remains hard. He was placed in the intensive [more >>>]
Azerbaijan – Human Rights
What lies behind Europe’s murky oil deals with Azerbaijan?
By MOLLY SCOTT CATO, Member of the European Parliament New Internationalists blog Beyond hosting the Eurovision song contest or Formula One, few of us in [more >>>]
Rights crackdown in Azerbaijan coincides with Council of Europe chairmanship
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Azerbaijani government’s unprecedented attacks [more >>>]
What is Going On in Azerbaijan and Its NGO Sector?
By ALI S. NOVRUZOV Blog. Novruzov.az Apparently, the Azerbaijani government is trying to impose new règles du jeu – rules of the game – and [more >>>]
Crackdown on human rights in Azerbaijan
By ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Since the beginning of its presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the continent’s [more >>>]
British head of inaugural 2015 European Games causes controversy by calling Azerbaijan ‘incredibly free’
By JONATHAN BROWN The Independent The former head of the British Olympic Association now charged with running the first European Games in Azerbaijan has described [more >>>]
Azerbaijan Detains Activists Amid Karabakh Tensions
By SHAHLA SULTANOVA* Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) Baku accused of exploiting rising violence to charge dissidents with treason. Human rights defenders believe [more >>>]
Azerbaijani Political Prisoners Tortured in Custody to “Confess” to Their “Crimes”
Azeri Report BAKU. August 15, 2014: The Amnesty International reported that the Azerbaijani political prisoners Faraj Karimov and Siraj Karimov are being tortured in the [more >>>]
IBAHRI calls on the Council of Europe to take urgent action against Azerbaijan
International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) calls on the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to [more >>>]
Azerbaijan detains prominent human rights activists in fresh crackdown
By MJ DEL VALLE The Guardian Campaigners accuse Baku of intensifying efforts to silence dissent ahead of the world’s first European Games in capital next [more >>>]