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Although the high ranking officials of Republic of Azerbaijan state that freedom of the press and expression are ensured and deny the exitence of problem in this field, the issue remains to be a concern of the international organizations. Such media crackdown if continued might results in making Republic of Azerbaijan responsible for obligations regarding human rights and press freedom.
(31-AUG-07)

On 28 August at approximately 4:00 p.m. in the Yasamal District of Baku the already built 12 storages of a 16-storey building collapsed. “Mutafakkir” Housing Construction Firm was carrying out the construction of this building. According to the latest reports at least 20 people were killed in the accident and over 25 injured.
(29-AUG-07)

The campaign on the erection of a memorial in honor of slain Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Huseynov (right) started in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The campaign consists of two stages – collecting signatures and fundraising for creation of the memorial. The effective conduct of the campaign needs the input of the entire society and can be efficient only at unification of efforts. (25-AUG-07)
 

Imprisoned journalists are at risk of catching infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis said Emin Huseynov (right), the director of Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety during a roundtable at the organization’s press center on 17 August. Several human rights defenders attended the meeting and the participants agreed to send an information request on the matter to the Justice Ministry to achieve health examination of all imprisoned journalists. (18-AUG-07)
 

The oral examinations of the candidates to the position of judge were held on 31 July and 14 August 2007. Together with other human rights defenders, the Human Rights Center of Republic of Azerbaijan was invited to watch the examinations. The director of HRCA, Eldar Zeynalov (right) appreciated the exam conditions, however, he stressed the low level of literacy among some candidates, who passed the previous test and written examinations. (16-AUG-07)
 

Republic of Azerbaijan is the oil rich country with abundant natural resources. The start of big oil projects brings billions of dollars to Republic of Azerbaijan, but the question remains open – “does the population get equal access to these resources?” The different aspects of enormous wealth gap in the Republic of Azerbaijan is highlighted in the below article of freelance journalist Rovshan Ismailov (15-AUG-07)

Oil Workers’ Rights Protection Organization and Free Economy Assistance Center conducted the project “Monitoring of Projects on Use of Oil Revenues and Public Discussion of Results”. According to the project coordinator, Mirvari Gahramanly (right), the project was aimed at defining the level of transparency and effectiveness in the use of oil revenues in Republic of Azerbaijan. (10-AUG-07)

On the 3-rd of August, the representatives of the Human Rights House Baku were invited to the Ministry of Justice for the first time after the state registration in May 2007. The purpose of the meeting was to get acquainted with the activity of the Human Rights House Baku and to invite the organization for cooperation. (04-AUG-07)

The project titled “Azerbaijan Women Lawyers” started to be implemented by Education for Human Rights and Republic of Azerbaijan Women Lawyers’ Forum. According to the project coordinator, lawyer Irada Javadova (right), the project aims at learning the problems of women’s lawyers at work and organize further actions to fight against the obstacles. (01-AUG-07)