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UN Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture visit to Azerbaijan suspended
In an unprecedented move, the United Nations monitoring and inspection body on torture has decided to suspend its visit in Azerbaijan “due to obstructions it encountered in carrying out its mandate” it stated in a press release on 17 September 2014.
Systemic patterns of violations of the right to freedom of association in OSCE-region
We firmly denounces systemic patterns of violations of the right to freedom of association, which serves the sole purpose of harassing, prosecuting and imprisoning critical voices, including human rights defenders in various countries of the OSCE-region, including the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.
European Parliament: Persecution of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan must stop
Whilst holding the chairmanship of the Council of Europe, the authorities of Azerbaijan are leading an unprecedented crackdown against civil society by arresting, one after the other, key critics of the country’s leadership, including well-known human rights defenders in the last few weeks. The European Parliament strongly addressed the situation in its resolution of today.
New High Commissioner for human rights: we see 4 challenges ahead
We expect you Mr High Commissioner to always be principled and vocal, avoid double-standards, and hold powerful States as accountable for human rights violations as those you might identify as friendly ones. We see a worrisome trend in the Office of the High Commissioner to neglect human rights violations in Europe. We strongly welcome though the work done by your Office since April in Ukraine.
Wave of repression in Azerbaijan: joint letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Index on Censorship, Human Rights House Foundation and People in Need sent a joint letter on 13 August 2014 to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland, following his statement on Azerbaijan.
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.
UPDATED: Human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev sentenced to pre-trial detention in Azerbaijan
Continuing its crackdown against civil society, the authorities in Azerbaijan today sentenced the human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev to 3-months pre-trial detention, a few days after sentencing human rights defenders Leyla Yunus, her husband Arif Yunus and Rasul Jafarov.
Azərbaycanda analoqu olmayan repressiya: hakimiyyət orqanları tərəfindən tənqidi səsləri susdurmaq ü
Azərbaycanın hakimiyyət orqanları bir-birinin ardınca ölkə rəhbərliyinin əsas tənqidçilərinə qarşı misli görünməmiş təzyiqlər həyata keçirir. Onlarla QHT-in bank hesabları bağlanıb və ofislərində axtarışlar aparılır. Beynəlxalq cəmiyyət hədəf alınmış və həbs edilmiş insan hüquqları müdafiəçilərini qorumaq üçün təcili tədbirlər görməlidir. Azərbaycan hal-hazırda Avropa Şurasının sədridir və beynəlxalq standartlara uyğun hərəkət etmək, təqib və repressiyalara son qoymaq və bütün həbs edilmiş insan hüquqları müdafiəçilərini azad etmək üçün daha böyük öhdəliyə sahibdir.
Беспрецедентные репрессии в Азербайджане: пытаясь заглушить критические выступления, власти бросают
Власти Азербайджана прибегли к беспрецедентным репрессиям против гражданского общества, арестовав одного за другим основных критиков руководства страны. Банковские счета более десятка НПО блокируются, в их офисах проводятся обыски. Международное сообщество должно незамедлительно использовать все меры для защиты преследуемых и заключенных под стражу правозащитников. Азербайджан в настоящее время председательствует в Совете Европы, что в еще большей степени обязывает государство соблюдать международные стандарты прав человека, прекратить преследование и репрессии и освободить всех заключенных в тюрьму правозащитников.