Police violence in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan in 2025: repression, human rights abuses and international agreements

Azerbaijan

January 02, 2026

This year saw significant changes within the government, while pressure on civil society continued.

What Azerbaijan’s plan to place internal troops under presidential control could mean

Azerbaijan

December 18, 2025

The opposition argues that this represents a dangerous expansion of presidential powers and could be used to suppress protests by force.

Interrogations in Azerbaijan: experts warn of government plan to crash opposition

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

Pro-government media link the arrest of the PFA chairman to the Ramiz Mehtiyev case

HRW: 'Azerbaijan steps up campaign targeting critics abroad'

Opposition in Azerbaijan

November 28, 2025

HRW notes that those targeted are being punished for criticizing human rights violations by the authorities, and there is no evidence linking them to any illegal activity.

Police violence against minors in Azerbaijan: “Each was forced to pay a bribe”

Azerbaijan

June 24, 2025

In an audio recording released several days after the incident, one of the children can be clearly heard screaming in pain as police officers use obscene language