Turkey’s Erdoğan Is Hanging on for Dear Life
By BEHLÜL ÖZKAN* The World Post ISTANBUL — The June 7 elections in Turkey spelled the end of 13 years of single-party rule by the [more >>>]
Month: September 2015
Consultations by OSCE Special Representative Angelo Gnaedinger in Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Moscow
OSCE Newsroom VIENNA, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 – In preparation of the next round of the Geneva International Discussions, the co-chairs visited Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and [more >>>]
Restrictions imposed by Azerbaijan compel cancellation of parliamentary election observation mission, says ODIHR Director Link
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR) WARSAW, 11 September 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Ties With West Fray Amid Human Rights Crackdown
By MARIA SAVEL* World Politics Review Last week, Azerbaijan sentenced Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and anti-corruption campaigner, to seven-and-a-half years in prison for illegal [more >>>]
European Parliament resolution of 10 September 2015 on Azerbaijan
European Parliament News The European Parliament calls for the immediate and unconditional release from jail of all political prisoners, human rights defenders, journalists and other [more >>>]
Netherlands Reacts to Deportation of Journalist Geerdink
bianet.org Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink who had been living in Diyarbakır province, in southeastern Turkey and working on Kurdish question had been detained in Yüksekova [more >>>]
Maarif Mursalov: I was forced to give up my son
contact.az The father of the young activist (PPFA) Rasul Mursalov who is in political emigration appealed to the presidential administration and law enforcement agencies with [more >>>]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemnes the ongoing crackdown on civil society and independent voices in Azerbaijan
ohchr.org GENEVA (8 September 2015) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein condemned on Tuesday the ongoing crackdown on civil [more >>>]
ECHR accepted the complaint of Khadija Ismailova as priority
contact.az The European Court of Human Rights accepted a complaint of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova as priority. The Azerbaijani government is obliged to answer the [more >>>]
“Mon président est en voyage d’affaires” : regardez le dernier “Cash investigation”
Par ELISE LUCET Cash Investigation, France 2 (francetvinfo.fr) Dictature, torture, censure. En Azerbaïdjan, il ne fait pas bon être journaliste ou opposant politique. Mais cette [more >>>]