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The uneasy work of human rights defenders and their protection has been on the agenda for many years. At the end of OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, held in Vienna on 12-13 July 2007, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights released a statement concerning the human rights defenders at risk. (15-JUL-07)

On July 12 the Embassy of Royal Norway in the Republic of Azerbaijan organized the meeting with the human rights defenders of Republic of Azerbaijan. During the meeting, there was discussed the current public political situation and oil incomes of Republic of Azerbaijan. The chair of the meeting, the Ambassador of Norway, Mr.Jon Ramberg (right) mentioned that the national policy should be aimed at “turning black gold into human gold”. (13-JUL-07)

The case of Elnara Ahmedova – a 17-year-old prostitute with AIDS, caused big reaction within the society. Being aware of her disease, she had sexual intercourse with about 200 men since 2003, two of which have already confirmed AIDS infection. The current arguments are now about if the prostitute is a criminal or a victim of unfortunate circumstances. (11-JUL-07)

Republic of Azerbaijan Young Lawyers Union is conducting trainings for law enforcement on “Struggling against human trafficking; cooperation between governmental and civil society organization” within the programme of CRS in the South Caucasus on enhancing the collaboration between civil society and governmental bodies on struggling against human trafficking. (09-JUL-07)

After almost a year of intensive efforts, the Human Rights House in Baku passed the registration at the Ministry of Justice on the 25-th of May 2007. The HRH Baku was registered as a branch of Human Rights House Foundation in the Republic of Azerbaijan Republic.
(08-July-2007)

On 5 July the head of the Human Rights Center of Republic of Azerbaijan (HRCA) Eldar Zeynalov (right) had a meeting with the “AGO” Monitoring Group. The main issues of the discussion were current political situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as the list of political prisoners, composed by the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Republic of Azerbaijan. (06-JUL-07)

The statement of President Ilham Aliyev (right) about the prohibition on punishing policemen who committed violence against citizens during the parliamentary elections in 2005 has caused negative reactions in society. The majority of public and political figures of Republic of Azerbaijan is concerned on the consequences of such statement. (05-JUL-07)

Over 120 civil society organizations of Republic of Azerbaijan joined to the action of appealing to the European Union about the current situation of human rights and democratic values in Republic of Azerbaijan. The recent cases of pressure on media are particularly emphasized in the appeal, which calls the European Union to take actions during the talks with the highest level of Azerbaijan’s government. (26-JUN-07)

The local independent Azerbaijani news agency Turan was awarded the prestigious Freedom of Expression 2007 international prize today in a ceremony that took place in Norway. The prize, which is given by the Freedom of Expression Foundation jointly with the Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT Foundation, includes ˆ30,000. (24-JUN-07)