AzerbaijanEventsJanuary 2016
Roundtable on Azerbaijan held in Brussels
On 19 January 2016, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) co-organized a roundtable discussion entitled “Justice...
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...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersApril 2015
Freedom of association: A downward spiral – An update on developments in the countries...
Last December participants of the Civil Society Parallel Conference issued recommendations to OSCE participating states, political bodies and institutions prior to the OSCE Ministerial...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMarch 2019
Meet your defender: Interview with Leyla Mustafayeva
Meet Leyla Mustafayeva, a journalist from Azerbaijan and the wife of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli. Her husband was kidnapped in Georgia in May 2017...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
Civil society call on PACE to appoint a Rapporteur to examine the issue of...
Representatives of 42 international and national non-governmental organizations issue the appeal to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to request the...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2015
Azerbaijan: Another unjust and shameful conviction of human rights lawyer
On 22 April 2015, Intigam Aliyev, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and head of the Legal Education Society (LES) was sentenced to seven...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2019
Azerbaijani Bar Association Must Cease Harassment of Human Rights Lawyers
The undersigned organisations are concerned over the initiation of disciplinary measures by the Azerbaijani Bar Association against the human rights lawyers Nemat Kerimli and...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2017
Azerbaijan: EU official should press rights issues – European Parliament resolution calls for release...
A European Union official visiting Baku on June 16, 2017, should press President Ilham Aliyev to free unjustly imprisoned political activists, journalists, and other...
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 ReleasesAugust 2016
Azerbaijan: Renewed human rights crackdown ahead of referendum
Less than six weeks ahead of a constitutional referendum, the Azerbaijani authorities have unleashed a new wave of repression to silence critical voices. The...