AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2017
Azerbaijan: 76 NGOs urge the EU to use president’s visit to insist on human...
Ahead of the Brussels visit of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on 6 February 2017, 76 NGOs sent a joint letter to high-ranking EU officials,...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2017
Azerbaijan: Legislative amendments raise alarm
The Azerbaijani government’s proposed amendments to the Code of Civil and Administrative Procedure and the Bar Act were approved by parliament on 31 October...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
A high price for speaking out: Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to six years in prison...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) condemns the conviction of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was sentenced to six years in prison today, after...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2017
French President Macron urged to help ensure the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Thirty-three human rights NGOs from across Europe, the former Soviet Union and North America, as well as 13 human rights defenders from Azerbaijan have...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2018
Open letter: President Macron should urge release of prisoners of conscience at 20 July...
Emmanuel MACRON
Président de la République française
Palais de l'Elysée
55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
Brussels, Baku,
18 July 2018
Dear President Macron,
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned at...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2015
Azerbaijan: Leading human rights defender convicted on politically motivated charges
Prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender Rasul Jafarov has been sentenced by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes to six and a half years in...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2016
Azerbaijan – Stop crackdown on freedom of expression
The government of Azerbaijan is carrying out a multi-pronged attack on freedom of expression, including introducing harsh penalties for critical speech online, imprisoning young...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2017
World Press Freedom Day: Free Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov!
As World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the globe on May 3, we, the undersigned organizations, cannot forget the untenable price journalists pay...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2017
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with conviction of prominent blogger
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined a coalition of 24 human rights NGOs in condemning the conviction of prominent Azerbaijani journalist and...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsApril 2017
Call for independent investigation into corruption allegations related to the PACE’s work on Azerbaijan
Together with 55 other NGOs, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has sent an open letter to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...