Crackdown on civil society continues, according to Azerbaijan Universal Periodic Review Published at 28.11.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Several Azerbaijani activists declare hunger strike Published at 20.02.2019 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest public vilification Read more
Political prisoners pardoned for the first time in history, critics term decision political move Published at 02.05.2019 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest negative court ruling release of HRDs Read more
Families protest conviction of youth involved in July 2018 protest Published at 26.09.2019 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protestor(s) detained negative court ruling protest release of HRDs Read more
Journalist released but Azeri goverment continues crackdown Published at 05.07.2016 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest protest disruption release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained Read more
Criminalisation of journalists and activists on the rise, media freedoms under attack Published at 08.09.2016 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship access to info. law HRD detained travel ban Read more
Authorities quell dissent as referendum success consolidates state power Published at 09.11.2016 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment Read more
Systematic reprisals against dissidents in Azerbaijan Published at 09.01.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest public vilification criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Outrage at Aliyev's EU visit as activists continue to be persecuted at home Published at 15.02.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist LGBTI HRD detained torture/ill-treatment harassment travel ban criminal defamation Read more
Prominent journalist in Azerbaijan sentenced to two years in prison Published at 03.03.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment Read more
PACE urges Azerbaijan to reform restrictive NGO laws Published at 09.08.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction restrictive law Read more
Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens Published at 07.04.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest Read more
Exiled journalist kidnapped in Georgia and now in the hands of Azerbaijani police Published at 16.06.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalist released, declares Azerbaijan "one big jail" Published at 17.10.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained refugees and migrants travel ban Read more
Charges lifted against Turan News Agency and its director Published at 29.11.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest Read more
Opposition rallies ahead of early presidential election Published at 28.03.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance religious groups protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Lawyers outside Bar Association of Azerbaijan hindered from practicing profession Published at 20.02.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Civil society decries snap presidential election as not free and fair Published at 28.05.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference protest Read more
Human rights lawyer Emin Aslan sentenced to 30 days in detention Published at 23.07.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling protest Read more
OSCE representative concerned over blocking of news websites in Azerbaijan Published at 17.09.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest censorship negative court ruling internet restriction Read more
CSOs condemn murder attempt against HRD Published at 07.02.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD political interference journalist detained intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
