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Omar Mamedov is sentenced to five years

04 July 2014

On 4th of July at the trial in the case of activist Omar Mamedov verdict, the Court granted the prosecutor offer to condemn Mammadov, accused of drug trafficking, to five years of imprisonment in a penal colony. *A nineteen-year-old Omar Mamedov is the leader of the youth movement “Akhyn” (“Feed”) and a member of the […]

Prosecutor calls on to imprison human rights activist of Ganja for seven years

04 July 2014

Today Nizami Ganja Court held the trial in the case of the head of the NGO “Center for Civic Education Intellectual” Hasan Huseynli. At the trial, the prosecutor called on to convict Huseynli to seven years in prison, finding him guilty under the Article 221.3 (hooliganism using a weapon or object as a weapon.) The […]

Statement by Rauf Mirkadyrov

04 July 2014

Contained in jail of MNS, the journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov through his lawyer issued a statement in connection with the failure to provide him the opportunity to take part in the ceremony of “40-day mourning” of his father. “I am sympathetic to the failure in allowing me to take part in the ceremony of “40 days”of […]

Event in Baku on the occasion of the signing of agreements between the EU and Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

03 July 2014

Delegation of the European Union in Azerbaijan on Thursday organized a reception on the occasion of signing the EU Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The head of the EU Delegation in Baku, Malena Mard, called the signing of these agreements a landmark event for Europe. In her speech, she reminded the statement on […]

Anar Mammadli: Azeri government is trying to imitate in the process of integration to Europe

03 July 2014

(Chairman of Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies center, prisoner of coincidence Anar Mammadli who currently is kept at Baku Investigation Jail answered the questions of “Turan” information agency through his advocates). Question: Do you have any complaints? Answer: I do not have any serious complaints about that. The only thing is about not being able […]

Ali Kerimli and Leyla Yunus not allowed to OSCE PA session

01 July 2014

Yesterday the leader of the Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli was not allowed to meet with European MPs in Baku Hotel Fairmont, where the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is held. Kerimli meeting with the deputies in the lobby was interrupted by the guards, and he was asked to leave the hotel. Therefore, the […]

Lawyer of Omar Mamedov calls on the court to acquit him

01 July 2014

At the trial in the Baku Serious Crimes Court in the case of the facebook activists Omar Mamedov, accused of drug trafficking, the defendant’s lawyer Alaif Hasanov was given the floor. Just like another lawyer Khalid Bagirov, Hasanov noted the political motives of the prosecution activist, absence of evidence of his guilt, and asked to […]

The Committee called on the OSCE PA OSCE member states to protect journalists

01 July 2014

The OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at a meeting in Baku on July 1 adopted a resolution “Democratic control of public and private sectors of security,” a draft of which was submitted by the Slovenian deputy Roberto Battelli. One of the points of the resolution is a recommendation to establish […]

Isabel Santos: I’m going to visit Anar Mammadov

30 June 2014

The situation with the freedoms and human rights in Azerbaijan is poor and requires political will and concrete steps to improve the situation, said in an exclusive interview with Turan Isabel Santos ,the head of the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Commenting on the results of the […]

Christopher Smith gave Ilham Aliyev a list of Amnesty International

30 June 2014

The head of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE PA, Senator Christopher Smith on June 28 during a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev raised the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. On that Smith himself said in an interview with reporters on Sunday. According to him, the meeting lasted about an hour and he welcomed […]

MM deputies listen to civil society activists

29 June 2014

Within the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held in Baku on July 29 a special hearing was held on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. The moderator of the hearing was chairman of the OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Portuguese parliamentarian Isabel Santos. She noted that this meeting is important for the […]

The problem with political prisoners in Azerbaijan raised at the committee meeting of the OSCE PA

29 June 2014

The Swedish parliamentarian Marie Norden during the discussions at the meeting of the OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Baku on June 29 raised the issue of political prisoners in the OSCE area. She thus pointed to the relevance of this issue for Azerbaijan and urged the authorities to solve […]

Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the opening session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

28 June 2014

On June 28 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the opening ceremony of the 23rd session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku. He said that Azerbaijan is a democratic country, which respects freedom of assembly, speech, media, the Internet, which have access to 70 percent of the population. However, he told about […]

RWB condems decision of azerbaijan’s supreme court about Hilal Mammadov

28 June 2014

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday’s decision by Azerbaijan’s supreme court to confirm well-known newspaper editor Hilal Mammadov’s five-year jail sentence on trumped-up charges of drug trafficking, inciting hate, and high treason. Mammadov’s lawyer had asked the supreme court to free him at once and quash his September 2013 conviction (upheld on 25 December) on the […]

Azerbaijan for the increased attention of the OSCE PA to conflicts in the South Caucasus

28 June 2014

At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA prior to the plenary session of the Assembly in Baku on June 28, the The Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vice Speaker Bahar Muradova, has proposed to expand the powers of the representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for […]

Omar Mamedov is sentenced to five years

04 July 2014

On 4th of July at the trial in the case of activist Omar Mamedov verdict, the Court granted the prosecutor offer to condemn Mammadov, accused of drug trafficking, to five years of imprisonment in a ...

Prosecutor calls on to imprison human rights activist of Ganja for seven years

04 July 2014

Today Nizami Ganja Court held the trial in the case of the head of the NGO “Center for Civic Education Intellectual” Hasan Huseynli. At the trial, the prosecutor called on to convict Huseynli to seven ...

Statement by Rauf Mirkadyrov

04 July 2014

Contained in jail of MNS, the journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov through his lawyer issued a statement in connection with the failure to provide him the opportunity to take part in the ceremony of “40-day mourning” of ...

Event in Baku on the occasion of the signing of agreements between the EU and Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

03 July 2014

Delegation of the European Union in Azerbaijan on Thursday organized a reception on the occasion of signing the EU Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The head of the EU Delegation in Baku, Malena ...

Anar Mammadli: Azeri government is trying to imitate in the process of integration to Europe

03 July 2014

(Chairman of Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies center, prisoner of coincidence Anar Mammadli who currently is kept at Baku Investigation Jail answered the questions of “Turan” information agency through his advocates). Question: Do you have ...

Ali Kerimli and Leyla Yunus not allowed to OSCE PA session

01 July 2014

Yesterday the leader of the Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli was not allowed to meet with European MPs in Baku Hotel Fairmont, where the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is held. Kerimli meeting with ...

Lawyer of Omar Mamedov calls on the court to acquit him

01 July 2014

At the trial in the Baku Serious Crimes Court in the case of the facebook activists Omar Mamedov, accused of drug trafficking, the defendant’s lawyer Alaif Hasanov was given the floor. Just like another lawyer ...

The Committee called on the OSCE PA OSCE member states to protect journalists

01 July 2014

The OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at a meeting in Baku on July 1 adopted a resolution “Democratic control of public and private sectors of security,” a draft of which ...

Isabel Santos: I’m going to visit Anar Mammadov

30 June 2014

The situation with the freedoms and human rights in Azerbaijan is poor and requires political will and concrete steps to improve the situation, said in an exclusive interview with Turan Isabel Santos ,the head of ...

Christopher Smith gave Ilham Aliyev a list of Amnesty International

30 June 2014

The head of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE PA, Senator Christopher Smith on June 28 during a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev raised the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. On that Smith himself ...

MM deputies listen to civil society activists

29 June 2014

Within the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held in Baku on July 29 a special hearing was held on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. The moderator of the hearing was chairman of the OSCE PA Committee ...

The problem with political prisoners in Azerbaijan raised at the committee meeting of the OSCE PA

29 June 2014

The Swedish parliamentarian Marie Norden during the discussions at the meeting of the OSCE PA Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Baku on June 29 raised the issue of political prisoners in ...

Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the opening session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

28 June 2014

On June 28 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the opening ceremony of the 23rd session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku. He said that Azerbaijan is a democratic country, which respects ...

RWB condems decision of azerbaijan’s supreme court about Hilal Mammadov

28 June 2014

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday’s decision by Azerbaijan’s supreme court to confirm well-known newspaper editor Hilal Mammadov’s five-year jail sentence on trumped-up charges of drug trafficking, inciting hate, and high treason. Mammadov’s lawyer had asked ...

Azerbaijan for the increased attention of the OSCE PA to conflicts in the South Caucasus

28 June 2014

At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA prior to the plenary session of the Assembly in Baku on June 28, the The Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary ...

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