A group of Azerbaijani political refugees in Europe today staged a protest at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg, during the speech of President Ilham Aliyev before the MPs. Penetrating into the room, they settled in the forefront and shut their mouths with black cloth. In this case the protesters wore T-shirts with the photo […]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov spoke before PACE deputies at the summer session of the Assembly on June 23, talking about the priority of Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. One of the priorities of Azerbaijan in this period will be the fight against corruption. In particular, in late June Baku will host a […]
Representatives of civil society of Azerbaijan on 24 June at the PACE summer session presented the Council of Europe, as well as representatives of the international community the nationwide list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The list is prepared on the basis of criteria established by the PACE resolution number 1900 of October 3, 2012 […]
The Commissioner of the Public Service under the President of Azerbaijan is for the change of attitude to fill vacancies and to “reserve civil servants.” As Bakhram Khalilov lamented, addressing reporters today, some public bodies do not transmit the complete data on vacancies, which allows them to withhold information or to hire contractors in violation […]
The public association “Azerbaijan without political prisoners” sent an appeal to Strasbourg, where a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe opened today. “We appeal to you to pay more attention to the situation in Azerbaijan, where there are about 140 political prisoners, while the country will preside over the Cabinet of […]
Contained in a Baku prison, the journalist Parviz Hashimli has been imprisoned in solitary confinement, said his lawyer Elchin Sadigov. The reason for this punishment was Hashimli’s press interview, the lawyer said, noting that the formal decision to place him in solitary confinement has not been submitted. In turn, the press service of the Prison […]
The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to end his country’s growing persecution of government critics and independent groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The Council of Europe is Europe’s leading human rights body. As president of the country that currently holds the six-month rotating […]
As part of the PACE session in Strasbourg on June 23 civil society activists in Azerbaijan organized alternative hearings on the human rights situation in the country. As the director of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) Emin Huseynov told Turan, during the hearing were discussed issues related to the violation of freedom […]
PACE Bureau at today’s meeting in Strasbourg approved a draft resolution entitled “Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what steps are taken in terms of respect for human rights?”, prepared by the Irish deputy, Michael McNamara. Then the document will be submitted to the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for further […]
Trial in the case of Hasan Huseynli, the head of NGO Education Center “Intelligent citizen”, took place on Monday in Nizami district court of Ganja chaired by Ayaz Makhmudov. He was charged under Article 221.3 (hooliganism committed with a weapon or object as a weapon) of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, Huseynli allegedly stabbed […]
Preliminary hearing in the case of activists of NIDA Movement, scheduled for June 23 in Baku Appeal Court, is postponed to June 27, Turan was told by the lawyer Fariz Namazly. According to him, the reason for this was the non-appearance of lawyers, and defendants demanded their presence. Upon entering the room, the defendants were […]
About a hundred representatives of the democratic community of Azerbaijan signed the Declaration about the attitude of Azerbaijan to the Association Agreement with the European Union. Presentation of the document took place on 23 June at the office IRFS. Adoption of a declaration dated to the upcoming signing of association agreements with the EU, Ukraine, […]
We, the signatories of this statement, politicians, intellectuals, civil society activists, and representatives of the independent press, the young activists, based on the fact that – even at the beginning of 20th century the founders of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic identified the modernization of our society as one of the main directions of development; that […]
Representatives of civil society of Azerbaijan expressed solidarity with the struggle of the Ukrainian people for freedom and resistance in repelling the aggression of Russia during the interactive appeal to the People’s Chamber participants in Kiev on Sunday. From Baku the director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy Leyla Yunus, the chairman of the […]
The Milli Majlis amended the law “On Courts and Judges” by withdrawing from it the rules on the establishment the institute on jury in courts. The document was presented to Parliament as a legislative initiative of the Supreme Court and the General Prosecutor’s Office. Institution of the jury was established in Azerbaijan in 2000, with […]
A group of Azerbaijani political refugees in Europe today staged a protest at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg, during the speech of President Ilham Aliyev before the MPs. Penetrating into the room, they settled ...
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov spoke before PACE deputies at the summer session of the Assembly on June 23, talking about the priority of Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. One of the priorities ...
Representatives of civil society of Azerbaijan on 24 June at the PACE summer session presented the Council of Europe, as well as representatives of the international community the nationwide list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. ...
The Commissioner of the Public Service under the President of Azerbaijan is for the change of attitude to fill vacancies and to “reserve civil servants.” As Bakhram Khalilov lamented, addressing reporters today, some public bodies ...
The public association “Azerbaijan without political prisoners” sent an appeal to Strasbourg, where a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe opened today. “We appeal to you to pay more attention to ...
Contained in a Baku prison, the journalist Parviz Hashimli has been imprisoned in solitary confinement, said his lawyer Elchin Sadigov. The reason for this punishment was Hashimli’s press interview, the lawyer said, noting that the ...
The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to end his country’s growing persecution of government critics and independent groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...
As part of the PACE session in Strasbourg on June 23 civil society activists in Azerbaijan organized alternative hearings on the human rights situation in the country. As the director of the Institute for Reporters’ ...
PACE Bureau at today’s meeting in Strasbourg approved a draft resolution entitled “Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what steps are taken in terms of respect for human rights?”, prepared by the Irish deputy, ...
Trial in the case of Hasan Huseynli, the head of NGO Education Center “Intelligent citizen”, took place on Monday in Nizami district court of Ganja chaired by Ayaz Makhmudov. He was charged under Article 221.3 ...
Preliminary hearing in the case of activists of NIDA Movement, scheduled for June 23 in Baku Appeal Court, is postponed to June 27, Turan was told by the lawyer Fariz Namazly. According to him, the ...
About a hundred representatives of the democratic community of Azerbaijan signed the Declaration about the attitude of Azerbaijan to the Association Agreement with the European Union. Presentation of the document took place on 23 June ...
We, the signatories of this statement, politicians, intellectuals, civil society activists, and representatives of the independent press, the young activists, based on the fact that – even at the beginning of 20th century the founders ...
Representatives of civil society of Azerbaijan expressed solidarity with the struggle of the Ukrainian people for freedom and resistance in repelling the aggression of Russia during the interactive appeal to the People’s Chamber participants in ...
The Milli Majlis amended the law “On Courts and Judges” by withdrawing from it the rules on the establishment the institute on jury in courts. The document was presented to Parliament as a legislative initiative ...