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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...