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Mehman Aliyev awarded Human Rights House Network Award 2012
Mehman Aliyev, director of Turan news agency, received the Human Rights House Network Award 2012.
At least 50 people were detained in Baku
The crackdown on peaceful demonstrators and activists continue in Baku (capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan), on the eve of the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Two years after devastation floods – people still waiting for compensation
In the Salian region, southwest of Baku, people are still struggling to get compensation from the government, two years after devastation floods destroyed hundreds of houses.
Call for immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned activists
The Human Rights House Foundation calls upon the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure that the imprisoned activists Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, Zulfuqar Eyvazli, Babak Hasanov, Sahib Karimov, Ahad Mammadli, Ulvi Guliyev, Rufat Hajibeyli, Vidadi Iskanderli, Shahin Hasanov are immediately and unconditionally released and full rehabilitation is provided.
Disappointingly weak stance on freedom of the media by EBU
Azerbaijani and international NGOs are disappointed with the European Broadcasting Union’s lack of effort to ensure freedom of expression and independence of media in Azerbaijan, just weeks before the Eurovision contest.
Azerbaijan’s worrying human rights record analysed at Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe published a note on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. The situation of journalists remains worrying. Rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly remain problematic and are restricted by legislative measures.
Azerbaijani journalist brutally attacked
In Azerbaijan five independent reporters, including award-winning journalist Idrak Abbasov, were brutally assaulted just weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest.
Appeal for the prompt and impartial investigation of attacks against journalists
On 18 April 2012 in Baku, security guards attacked a prominent Azerbaijani journalist, Idrak Abbasov. This violent assault constitutes another case out of a long list of journalists harassed and attacked in Azerbaijan. The authorities of Azerbaijan bear the international responsibility to fully guarantee and promote the right to freedom of expression, as well as to carry out a prompt and impartial investigation and bring those responsible for these hideous crimes to justice in fair and open trial.
Running scared: Azerbaijan’s silenced voices
The current state of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan is alarming, as the cycle of violence against journalists and impunity for their attackers continues; journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders and political and civic activists face increasing pressure, harassment and interference from the authorities.