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A year of human rights violations in Azerbaijan

Event at the June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, one year after President Ilham Aliyev came to Strasbourg and spoke at the Assembly.

Published: June 18, 2015 Author: Alexander Sjödin, HRHF's European Advocacy Officer

When: Tuesday, 23. June 2015 13:00–14:00
To: Tuesday, 23. June 2015
Where: Strasbourg, Room 5, Palais de l’Europe
Host: Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF)
Contact: Alexander Sjödin, HRHF’s European Advocacy Officer (alexander.Sjodin@humanrightshouse.org / +32 497 81 59 18)

Speakers:

Dinara Yunus
Daughter of detained human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus
Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Giorgi Gogia
Human Rights Watch
John Dalhuisen
Amnesty International
Kenan Aliyev
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Co-sponsors:

MP Frank Schwabe (Germany)
Senator Tiny Kox (Netherlands)
MP Michael McNamara (Ireland)
MP Jordi Xuclà (Spain)

Documents:

PACE event invitation (23 June 2015)

Tags:

Azerbaijan – Baku

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