This week the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Front Line Defenders (FLD), and the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) sent a joint letter to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini to express disappointment regarding the weak position taken by the European External Action Service on the recent convictions of human rights defenders Rasul Jafarov and Intigam Aliyev in Azerbaijan.