human rights

Supporters and opponents of LGBT pride march clash in Tbilisi

June 15, 2019

Georgian Orthodox Church calls on gov’t to not allow LGBT pride parade in Tbilisi

PACE holds hearings on human rights in Azerbaijan, latter points at Karabakh as more serious issue

April 11, 2019

The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe says that without solving the problem of refugees, it is impossible to raise the issue of political prisoners

Political prisoners ‘pardoned’ in Azerbaijan: a sign of change?

March 18, 2019

Some have thanked the president for the decree, while others demand the release of the remaining political prisoners

Tolerance survey in Georgia: minorities have no right to protest

November 19, 2018

A Council of Europe study shows that discrimination and hate crimes remain a problem in Georgia

Russia: a year of unpunished domestic violence

November 16, 2018

In 2017 Russia abolished criminal prosecution for first-time domestic violence offenders. Human rights activists sum up the situation

Aid for families with many children gives rise to scandal in Abkhazia

August 01, 2018

The Azkhara foundation is being accused of discriminating against local residents on an ethnic basis

Azerbaijani journalist prevented from saying goodbye to dying mother in Turkey

March 09, 2018

Khadija Ismayil’s mother passed away from cancer in Turkey

Convicted Azerbaijani journalist gets a two-day temporary release to attend relatives’ memorial services

February 08, 2018

Human rights advocates consider Mukhtarli to be ‘a prisoner of conscience’

Azerbaijani Popular Front Party Deputy Chairperson sentenced to three years in prison

January 24, 2018

Gozal Bayramli claims this verdict was a political set-up

Another human rights activist detained in Chechnya

January 15, 2018

Oyub Titiev, the head of the local Memorial human rights center may be sentenced to 10 years in prison

Court turns down journalist Afgan Mukhtarli’s request to attend his relatives’ funeral

January 07, 2018

Mukhtarli’s sister, niece and nephew died from carbon monoxide poisoning on New Year’s Eve

Director of an internet TV channel in Azerbaijan sentenced to 6 years in prison

December 15, 2017

Aziz Orujov, a journalist and director of “Channel-13” has been convicted on charges of illegal entrepreneurship

The trial of journalist Afgan Mukhtarli commences in Azerbaijan

December 01, 2017

Local and international human rights defenders have recognized Mukhtarli as a political prisoner

Azerbaijani journalist and political emigrant detained at Kiev airport

October 15, 2017

Dutch citizen Fikrat Huseynli has been accused of illegal immigration and fraud in his homeland

Mass arrests of LGBT minorities takes place in Baku

September 26, 2017

Detainees claim that they were beaten in the police department and were demanded to pay a bribe

Another political prisoner has been released in Azerbaijan

September 16, 2017

The Appeals Court has replaced Faik Amirli's conviction verdict with a conditional sentence

Lawyers go on strike in Armenia

August 25, 2017

Security checks and personal searches of lawyers at penal institutions and court entrances are the main reasons for the strike

Second anniversary of journalist Rasim Aliyev’s murder marked in Azerbaijan

August 09, 2017

JAMnews photo-report from the commemoration ceremony

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