Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Azerbaijan
US Mission to the OSCE – Statements As delivered by Political Counselor Christopher Robinson to the Permanent Council. Vienna, June 5, 2014 Thank you, Madam [more >>>]
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Inside Azerbaijan’s Bizarre U.S. Lobbying Push
By ROSIE GRAY Buzzfeed.com WASHINGTON, DC. June 3, 2014: Azerbaijan has launched an unusual campaign to win influence among U.S. lawmakers, teaming up with a [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s crackdown on Copenhagen 1990 document commitments to protect fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety TO: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister and President of the Confederation Didier Burkhalter CC: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly The OSCE [more >>>]
Turk Barred From Azerbaijan Because Of ‘Armenian’ Name
azatutyun.am RFE/RL A Turkish arm-wrestler has reportedly been barred from entering Azerbaijan and participating in a major competition there because of his last name [more >>>]
Foreign Office calls for Azerbaijan to respect role of civil society following latest prosecution
Foreign & Commonwealth Office The sentencing of three civil society activists in Baku on 26 May is the latest in a worrying trend of pressure [more >>>]
Sentencing of Mammadli ‘an affront to OSCE values’ in Azerbaijan, OSCE PA Human Rights Chair says
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly COPENHAGEN, 28 May 2014 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights [more >>>]
Committee condemns the use of a European Convention by Azerbaijan in the Safarov case
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights’s condemned the use of Article 12 of the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons by [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: the country heading the ’47’ should ‘lead by example’ on human rights
“By chairing the Committee of Ministers, member states should translate their commitment to values into action and champion the cause of human rights and democracy. [more >>>]
European Court of Human Rights Ruled on the Case of Imprisoned REAL Leader Ilgar Mammadov
Azeri Report STRASBURG. May 22, 2014: Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on the case of the Ilgar Mamedov, leader of the [more >>>]
State Prosecutor Demands 9 Years in Jail For Chairman of Local Election Watchdog Organization
Azeri Report BAKU. May 21, 2014: Today, the state prosecutor finished presenting his case against Anar Mammadli, chairman of Elections Monitoring and Democratic Studies Center [more >>>]