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15-17 августа в Вильнюсе прошла заключительная сессия 3 цикла проекта “Имплементация де-факто международных обязательств Республики Беларусь в области гражданских прав и свобод” (BISH), который реализуется в рамках программы “Международное право для защиты общественных интересов”. Около 30 выпускников проекта получили дипломы и свидетельства о прохождении учебного курса.

Participants of the “International Law in Advocacy” program prepared a statement on the situation with detention of Intigam Aliyev and arrests of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan. The statement was approved within the framework of the final session of the “Bring International Standards Home” project and signed by human right lawyers and advocates. The authors of the statement call upon all those concerned to join the wider campaign to support and fight for the liberation of Intigam Aliyev and other political prisoners.

Участники программы “Международное право для защиты общественных интересов” подготовили заявление по ситуации с задержанием Интигама Алиева и арестами правозащитников в Азербайджане. Заявление было утверждено в рамках работы заключительной сессии проекта “Имплементация де-факто международных обязательств Республики Беларусь в области гражданских прав и свобод” и подписано юристами и адвокатами прав человека.
Авторы обращения призывают всех неравнодушных присоединиться к широкой кампании поддержки и борьбы за освобождение Интигама Алиева и других заключенных по политическим мотивам.

There is a high risk that in the first half of 2015 EU funds for legal aid for foreigners will not be available. Non-governmental organisations dealing with the protection of foreigners’ rights in Poland are sounding an alarm.

Last week Intigam Aliyev, a well-known Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights defender, was arrested. For years, Intigam Aliyev has been representing applicants before the European Court of Human Rights, as part of Legal Education Society’s activities. He has won over 49 cases in the ECtHR.

On 5 August driver from Homel Yuryi Rubtsou was summoned to the Soviet district department of the Investigative Committee of Minsk. There he was interrogated as a suspect in a criminal case.

5 жніўня шафёра з Гомеля Юрыя Рубцова выклікалі ў Савецкі аддзел Следчага камітэта Мінска. Там яго дапыталі як падазраванага ў межах крымінальнай справы.

Continuing its crackdown against civil society, the authorities in Azerbaijan today sentenced the human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev to 3-months pre-trial detention, a few days after sentencing human rights defenders Leyla Yunus, her husband Arif Yunus and Rasul Jafarov.

64 NGOs from Human Rights Houses Network call upon the Azerbaijani authorities, in their joint letter to President Ilham Aliyev, to immediately and unconditionally release Leyla Yunus, Arif Yunus and Rasul Jafarov, and lift all charges held against them.