Political prisoners

Was a former Azerbaijani official arrested in Poland "by order of Putin"?

A member of the "Union of Officers" of Ukraine, former Azerbaijani state official Elkhan Nuriyev, who is also a Ukrainian citizen, has been arrested while attempting to enter Poland.

Political prisoners in Belarus: stories of imprisoned mothers with many children

Imprisoned political prisoners with many children in Belarus - these are three stories of convicted women "guilty" only of participating in peaceful protests

Relatives of deported Azerbaijani political prisoners protest in front of German Embassy in Baku

Protest in front of the German Embassy in Baku: friends and relatives of various opposition activists and journalists rallied against their extraction from Germany to Azerbaijan and their consequent arrests

Four political prisoners fully rehabilitated in Azerbaijan

Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan fully exonerated four political prisoners arrested back in 2013

Amnesty bill for political prisoners postponed for two weeks

The Georgian parliament unexpectedly went on vacation instead of discussing the amnesty law. The adoption of the law is stipulated by an agreement between the authorities and the opposition

Georgian opposition to return to parliament with amnesty for political prisoners on top of agenda

The opposition in Georgia is returning to parliament, an amnesty will be announced for the cases of June 20, 2019. But those who suffered during the dispersal of that action demand justice.

625 people pardoned in Azerbaijan, including 38 political prisoners

A decree on pardoning 625 convicts was signed. The list includes the names of 38 political prisoners

Georgia announces wide-scale amnesty, 'political prisoners' unlikely to be included

The amnesty will affect many convicts, but not those whom the opposition considers political prisoners

"There are no political prisoners in Georgia," President Zurabishvili disagrees with US Senator

Georgian President Zurabishvili on Rustavi 2: pardon, political prisoners and the patriarch

On the appointment of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili to the post in Ukraine and the reaction of the Georgian authorities

Are there political prisoners in Georgia? US intervenes in dispute between gov’t, opposition on election agreement

The result of this standoff will determine how the upcoming parliamentary elections will go

PACE debates: are there political prisoners in Azerbaijan?

The Azerbaijani delegation has denied the accusation and instead accused the PACE speaker of bias, and was supported by by some deputies from Russia and Turkey

Azerbaijan: feminists, former political prisoners announce candidacies in formerly ignored municipal elections

Previously, municipal elections were largely ignored

Azerbaijani political emigrants in Germany hold protest in solidarity with political prisoners

The demonstrations were held in front of three German media outlets

Baku cancels visit of CoE rapporteur on political prisoners

Government officials said the visit of Thorhildur Sunna was inconvenient given local holidays

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

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

Vox-pop: Azerbaijanis on why they came out to recent opposition rally in support of political prisoners

Protesters demanded the release of blogger Mehman Huseynov and other political prisoners, an end to corruption and the return of Karabakh

Opposition protest in support of political prisoners takes place in Baku

This was the largest protest rally to take place in recent years