“Both Our Release and Arrest are Political Decisions”
BY ELIF AKGÜL İstanbul – BIA News Desk “Just like the decision of our arrest, the decision of our release is political. We will continue [more >>>]
Month: May 2014
Do as we say, not as we do
The Economist Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe Do as we say, not as we do Few people worry about which country chairs the committee [more >>>]
Art for Democracy: Artistic freedom of expression in Azerbaijan
By MELODY PATRY Index on Censorship As Azerbaijan is about to assume the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, a new report [more >>>]
Swoboda: “Turkey further from EU accession than in 2007”
www.info-turk.be Turkey is further away from European Union membership today than it was seven years ago, Hannes Swoboda, leader of the Group of the Progressive [more >>>]
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement
MOSCOW, PARIS, WASHINGTON, 12 May 2014 – On the twentieth anniversary of the 1994 ceasefire agreement, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs invite the people of [more >>>]
UN expert urges Azerbaijan to drop charges against human rights defenders
UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner 9 May 2014 – Three human rights defenders facing 12 years in prison for charges brought against [more >>>]
Azerbaijani Government Sending North Korea-Style Message to Pro-Democracy Community of Azerbaijan
Azeri Report BAKU. May 9, 2014: Young man on the photo is Dashgin Malikov and he is bowing to the grave/statue of Heydar Aliyev, the [more >>>]
U.S. Helsinki Commission Criticizes Attack on Civil Society in Azerbaijan
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) (Washington, DC)—In response to today’s sentencing of eight youth activists associated with NIDA in Azerbaijan, [more >>>]
NDI-Commissioned Public Opinion Survey
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 5 May.’14 A public opinion survey, which was commissioned by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and fielded between March 26 and [more >>>]
Azerbaijan to chair Council of Europe amid climate of fear and suppression
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Azerbaijan’s human rights situation remains dire as it gears up to assume the six-month chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council [more >>>]