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Urgent Appeal of the Human Rights House Tbilisi and is Member Organizations Regarding the chase and

On August 12, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) and its member organizations held a joint press conference regarding the mass arrests of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

Published: August 12, 2014

Human Rights House Tbilisi and its member organizations condemn the arrest of well-known human rights defenders – Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus, Rasul Jafarov and Intigam Aliyev. In the Urgent Appeal, it is mentioned that HRHT and its members call for the Azerbaijani government to stop pressure on representatives of civil society organizations and immediately release arbitrary detained human rights defenders. Human Rights House Tbilisi and its member organizations are concerned regarding the regarding detention and expected extradition of Dashgin Agararl, citizen of Azerbaijan, member of opposition political party, Musavat.

Human Rights House Tbilisi and its member organizations urge the Council of Europe and the members of the Committee of Ministers to take urgent measures towards the chairing country, so that Azerbaijani government fulfill the obligations taken before the CoE and stop repression against human rights defenders and their mass imprisonment.

please see attached urgent appeal.

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urgent appeal on Azri human rights defenders

Human Rights House Tbilisi and its member organizations are deeply concerned regarding the unprecedented crackdown against human rights defenders by the Azerbaijani government.

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Azerbaijan – Baku Georgia – Tbilisi

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