human rights

Another opposition media figure sentenced in Azerbaijan

July 24, 2017

Faik Amirli, Director of Azadlig (Freedom) newspaper, receives fine and prison sentence

Baku Court sentences blogger Alexander Lapshin to 3 years in prison

July 20, 2017

In his last plea, Lapshin repented for visiting Karabakh

South Ossetia: “We don’t usually receive medical exams, because our doctors have been fired”

July 16, 2017

Inmates go on an indefinite strike

Blogger Lapshin’s trial commences in Baku

June 23, 2017

The main session is scheduled for 30 June

Journalist arrested on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border has been released

June 22, 2017

Azerbaijani authorities imposed a travel ban on Kamran Mahmudov

European Parliament calls on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately free Afgan Mukhtarli

June 15, 2017

‘Azerbaijani authorities should end the selective criminal prosecution and imprisonment of journalists and human rights defenders'

Azerbaijani opposition journalist who disappeared in Georgia yesterday ‘found’ in detention in Baku

May 30, 2017

Georgians have been outraged by the incident

Azerbaijan: Deputy Chair of the opposition party arrested at the Georgian-Azerbaijani border

May 26, 2017

Human rights activists claim, she was planted counterfeit US dollars in her bag

Arif and Leyla Yunus, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activists, to be put on wanted list

May 17, 2017

Court ordered Yunus couple to be forcefully brought to the next hearing

Another journalist arrested in Azerbaijan

May 03, 2017

The journalist’s lawyer termed his arrest as ‘an attack on the freedom of speech’

Opposition activist dies in Baku prison under questionable circumstances and buried in secret

May 01, 2017

Prosecutor’s Office launches criminal case under ‘incitement to suicide’ article

Shutting down 5 Azerbaijan websites on court agenda

April 29, 2017

Public figures and journalists not allowed in courtroom

Noncompliant ex-Health-Minister sentenced to new term of imprisonment in Azerbaijan

April 27, 2017

Heydar Aliyev’s ex-aide regards himself as a political prisoner

European Human Rights Court passes ruling on the murder of Azerbaijani journalist

April 13, 2017

The investigation carried out by the authorities was “inadequate”

Believers save Baku mosque from demolition

April 12, 2017

The fate of the Haji Javad mosque remains unknown

Blogger Lapshin appeals to Azerbaijani President for pardoning

March 15, 2017

Lapshin’s lawyer says, his client has no complaints about jail conditions

Azerbaijani blogger sentenced to 2 years in prison

March 03, 2017

The defendant’s lawyer has termed the verdict as a ‘political order’

Blogger Lapshin’s mother visits her son in Baku jail

February 23, 2017

Lapshin to be defended by a new lawyer

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