Ahmad Shahidov, Human rights defender addressed to Serzh Sargsyan Protest was held in front of Armenian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland on February 26. The demonstration which organized by Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) in cooperation with World Azerbaijani Congress Representative in Poland was attended by 50 protestors. Blocking the entrance of Embassy protestors chanted […]
Human rights defender, Ahmad Shahidov presented multi lingual books about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Azerbaijani hostages to the United Nations Library Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited the United Nations Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 24. Visiting the library of United Nations, Head of AIDHR presented books that […]
7th Annual Geneva Summit on Human Rights and Democracy kicked off The 7th Summit for Human Rights and Democracy took place in Geneva, on 24 February. High level international summit which brought together about two thousand human rights defenders worldwide featured debates on human rights, democracy and harrasment of human rights defenders. Along with human rights […]
Ahmad Shahidov, Head of AIDHR held a meeting with an official of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media On February 23 Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media headquartered in Vienna, Austria. During his meeting with Ana Karlsreiter and Aidar Botagarov, Senior Advisors, Office […]
Under the initiation of Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR), human rights defender, an interesting event took place in Vienne’s downtown, Austria on February 21. Holding photos of Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliye, hostages of Khalbajar region Ahmad Shahidov walked through Alexanderplatz Street for 15 minutes and attracted attention of people […]
Winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has been held in Vienne, Austria on February 18-20. The meeting which attended by OSCE participating States chiefly focused on the issues of democracy, human rights, humanitarian, territorial and security issues of the member states. According to Ahmad Shahidov, Head of Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights […]
Ahmad Shahidov held discussions with the officials of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on joint activities pursued by Turkish diaspora In the frame of his working visit to Doha, Qatar Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Embassy to Qatar. Being received by […]
Ahmad Shahidov, human rights defender reached a pivotal agreement in Doha Cooperation agreement has been signed between Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights and the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar on February 18 in Doha, Qatar. The document which singed by Ahmad Shahidov Head of AIDHR and Sultan Hasan Al Jamali, the National Human […]
Ahmad Shahidov familiarized himself with the activities of the Committee Ahmad Shahidov, Head of Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar in Doha, Qatar on February 18 and held a meeting with the representatives of the Committee. Being received by Sultan Hasan Al Jamali, Deputy Secretary General […]
Our today’s interlocutor is Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) Mr. Shahidov, how would you assess the situation of civil society in Azerbaijan? Every now and then some European institutions claim of setbacks in the development of civil society. What is your stance on this issue? […]
Today at Baku Appeal Court a preparatory meeting was held on the case of Lamia Guliyeva, who was convicted twice while in prison and after giving birth to a child there. Lamia Guliyeva in 2003 was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of the son of the former chief executive of the […]
Arrested on 5 December last year, A journalist Khadija Ismailova, who was arrested on 5 December last year, now is facing new charges, according to the lawyer Fariz Namazly. According to him, Ismailov is charged under the Article: 179.3.2 (large-scale embezzlement), 192.2.2 (illegal business), 213.1 (tax evasion) and 308.2 (abuse of power.) Accusations were put […]
International human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders called on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against well-known Azerbaijani activist Emin Huseynov. The statement says that Huseynov was forced to seek asylum in the Embassy of Switzerland to escape the repression of the authorities. Civil Rights Defenders and other international human rights organizations believe that the […]
The Azerbaijani government is delaying execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a former police officer Mushvig Jannatov. On July 31, 2014 the ECHR found a violation of the rights of Jannatov under Articles 3 (prohibition of torture) and 6.1 (right to a fair trial) and decided to […]
The Baku Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial against the human rights defender Rasul Jafarov. At the beginning of the trial the judge Eldar Ismailov suggested Jafarov testify. However, the human rights activist refused, saying that he did not understand the essence of the charges. The judge said he must declare the evidence […]
Ahmad Shahidov, Human rights defender addressed to Serzh Sargsyan Protest was held in front of Armenian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland on February 26. The demonstration which organized by Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) in ...
Human rights defender, Ahmad Shahidov presented multi lingual books about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Azerbaijani hostages to the United Nations Library Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited the United ...
7th Annual Geneva Summit on Human Rights and Democracy kicked off The 7th Summit for Human Rights and Democracy took place in Geneva, on 24 February. High level international summit which brought together about two thousand ...
Ahmad Shahidov, Head of AIDHR held a meeting with an official of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media On February 23 Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited OSCE ...
Under the initiation of Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR), human rights defender, an interesting event took place in Vienne’s downtown, Austria on February 21. Holding photos of ...
Winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has been held in Vienne, Austria on February 18-20. The meeting which attended by OSCE participating States chiefly focused on the issues of democracy, human rights, humanitarian, territorial ...
Ahmad Shahidov held discussions with the officials of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on joint activities pursued by Turkish diaspora In the frame of his working visit to Doha, Qatar Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani ...
Ahmad Shahidov, human rights defender reached a pivotal agreement in Doha Cooperation agreement has been signed between Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights and the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar on February 18 in ...
Ahmad Shahidov familiarized himself with the activities of the Committee Ahmad Shahidov, Head of Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) visited the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar in Doha, Qatar on February 18 ...
Our today’s interlocutor is Ahmad Shahidov, Head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (AIDHR) Mr. Shahidov, how would you assess the situation of civil society in Azerbaijan? Every now and then some ...
Today at Baku Appeal Court a preparatory meeting was held on the case of Lamia Guliyeva, who was convicted twice while in prison and after giving birth to a child there. Lamia Guliyeva in 2003 ...
Arrested on 5 December last year, A journalist Khadija Ismailova, who was arrested on 5 December last year, now is facing new charges, according to the lawyer Fariz Namazly. According to him, Ismailov is charged ...
International human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders called on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against well-known Azerbaijani activist Emin Huseynov. The statement says that Huseynov was forced to seek asylum in the Embassy of ...
The Azerbaijani government is delaying execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a former police officer Mushvig Jannatov. On July 31, 2014 the ECHR found a violation of ...
The Baku Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial against the human rights defender Rasul Jafarov. At the beginning of the trial the judge Eldar Ismailov suggested Jafarov testify. However, the human rights activist ...