In medical institution of the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan during a deliver from the Kyurdahan Detention Center was beaten political prisoner Raghib Piraliyev. He was put on the handcuffs, forcibly shaved off his beard and dragged for his feet on the ground, insulted and humiliated, mocked religion.
Chief Lieutenant of Special State Guard Service of Azerbaijan 37 year old Asif Latifov on trumped up accusation of stealing one cartridge by cost 35 kopeks (!!!) was sentenced by Baku Military Court to 5 years and 6 months in prison (!!!). “Such “justice” is an unprecedented arbitrariness that has no analogues in the world”, […]
On Saturday, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and the EU Commissioner on good neighborhood Stefan Fule expressed concern over the arrest in Azerbaijan the representatives of opposition a deputy head of the “Musavat” Party Tofig Yagublu and leader of the movement “Republican Alternative” Ilgar Mamedov, Interfax reported. They called on the […]
Pedro Agramunt and Joseph Debono Grech, monitoring co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have expressed their deep concern with negative development of the events in Azerbaijan, including the detention, trial and sentencing of peaceful demonstrators and the arrest of opposition politicians. “There have been most worrying reports about […]
In frame of the human rights defense campaign “Art for Democracy”, a song contest has been organized. The purpose of the contest is to celebrate democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Motto of the contest is “Music for Democracy”. Any composer and performer under the age of 40 can enter the competition. Formal […]
Dear brothers and sisters! Dear ladies and gentlemen! We are devout Muslims-Lezgins from Gusar region of Azerbaijan, who were arrested on trumped up accusations for our religious beliefs, philosophy, thought and speech. For honest people our religion, which is professed by millions of people, is not dangerous, and dishonest ones are not determined by […]
More than 50 leading NGOs in Azerbaijan made statements in advance of the proposed reactionary amendments to legislation designed to limit the activities of civil society. “Recently, the Azerbaijani authorities have consistently pursued anti-democratic steps to tighten laws on freedom of association, assembly and expression. Bans on freedom of assembly, the usage of large fines […]
A head of the movement “Real” Ilgar Mammadov will be candidate in the president of Azerbaijan on presidential elections 2013. On this declared the Executive Secretary of this organization Natig Jafarli at the press conference in Media center .
In Azerbaijan the army of political prisoners has increased. Deputy of the Chairman of “Musavat” Party Tofig Yagublu and the Chairman of the Civil movement “ReAl – real alternative” Ilgar Mammadov have been arrested on accusation in commitment of crimes, provided in article 233 (organization of the actions is causing of the violation of the […]
Dear Colleagues, The latest events in the PACE in connection with the report of Christopher Strasser on Azerbaijan showed that the problem of political prisoners are still not resolved, it are remain the issues, incompleteness of which allow totalitarian authoritarian conglomerates, decorated by democratic slogans, to use them to their interests. In a number of […]
