When: Wednesday, 16. September 2015 17:00 – 18:00 CET
To: Wednesday, 16. September 2015
Where: Geneva (Switzerland), UN Palais des Nations
Host: Human Rights House Network
Contact: Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy and HRHF Geneva Office (florian.irminger@humanrightshouse.org / +41 79 751 80 42)
We call upon the Human Rights Council to take concrete steps to address the deteriorating situation in Azerbaijan. We call upon Azerbaijan to put an end to the unprecedented repression against civil society and to immediately and unconditionally release and rehabilitate the civil and political rights of all political prisoners.
Speakers:
- Dinara Yunus
Institute for Peace and Democracy
Daughter of political prisoners Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus - Serghei Ostaf
Resource Centre for Human Rights, Moldova
Observer of many of the hearings this summer of various human rights defenders imprisoned in Azerbaijan - Emin Huseynov
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety
Organised by Human Rights House Network, Human Rights Watch, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (International Federation of Human Rights and World Organisation against Torture)
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