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Early Saturday morning, the Azerbaijani human rights defender Emin Huseynov landed in Switzerland, after spending over 10 months at the Swiss Embassy in Baku, where he was hosted for humanitarian reasons. He is free and safe.

On 12 June, the opening of the first European Olympic Games was held in Azerbaijan.  As a part of the campaign “Sport for Rights”, Belarusian human rights defenders organized photo action in support of political prisoners in Azerbaijan – human rights defenders, activists and journalists.

The human rights organization Amnesty International has recognized Yury Rubtsou a prisoner of conscience and considers the sentence to him as a part of the long-term campaign of persecution of civil society activists by the Belarusian authorities.

Calls for the release of jailed Azerbaijani human rights defenders echoed through Europe on the opening day of the European Olympic Games.

12 чэрвеня ў Азербайджане прайшло адкрыццё першых Еўрапейскіх Алімпійскіх Гульняў. У межах акцыі “Спорт за правы” (“ Sport for Rights”) беларускія праваабаронцы зладзілі фота-акцыю ў падтрымку палітзняволеных Азербайджана – праваабаронцаў, актывістаў, журналістаў.

Праваабрончая арганізацыя Amnesty International прызнала Юрыя Рубцова вязнем сумлення і разглядае прысуд яму як частку доўгатэрміновай кампаніі пераследу актывістаў грамадзянскай супольнасці з боку беларускіх уладаў.

Our protest on 12 June is taking place on the day of the opening in Baku of the first European Olympic Games, hosted by Azerbaijan. We will be calling for the release of detained human rights defenders, journalists and activists, and for the end of the repression against civil society.

Event at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Commencing on 12 June, Azerbaijan will host the inaugural European Olympic Games. Our event at the Human Rights Council will shine light on the severe restrictions on fundamental freedoms and the imprisonment of civil society, which risks turning these European Olympics into a sad symbol of repression.

The opening of the first European Olympic Games will be held in Azerbaijan on June 12. On this occasion, The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House will organize an action of solidarity with the Azerbaijani human rights defenders that suffer from politically motivated prosecution.

This is one of six documentaries in the series “A heart that never dies” by the directors Erling Borgen and Tom Heinemann. The series portray six human rights defenders. In this film called “Belarus: The last dictatorship in Europe” we meet defender Ales Bialiatski.

As part of advocacy work on Azerbaijan towards the United Nations and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, HRHF is organising events in Geneva (16 June 2015) and in Strasbourg (23 June 2015 ).