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December 26, 2012, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree pardoning 87 people, 79 of which are released from a prison sentence, 4 – from correctional works, another 4 – from fines. As noted contact.az, among the pardoned two of “prisoners of conscience” – human rights activist Vidadi Iskandarov and activist of the PPFA Shahin […]

The authorities assert that there are no political prisoners in Azerbaijan, and all are in prison for the committed crimes. They are in prison but not for committed crimes, and on trumped up false charges for the desire to use human rights, to live by laws, not on concepts. This is a difference between the […]

“On the result of 2012 we have nothing to be proud; the situation of human rights is not satisfied in all areas”. As reports the Salamnews, such a statement made on December 25 human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva. According to her, the country has flouted all kinds of rights; people continue to suffer from poverty […]

Collection of signatures in defense of the Azerbaijani political prisoners – prisoners of conscience Raghib Piraliyev and Sharafaddin Mahmudov have been continuing During two months more than three thousand people put their signature to the petition that was sent the UN Committee on Human Rights, PACE and leadership of Azerbaijan. On December 25, 2012 the […]

Friends of the press are those, who help journalists, do not hide information from them, and do not lie to them, do not threaten and do not make an attempt on their life, do not oppress both morally and financially, do not take offense at trifles and correctly perceive criticism. And if, in addition, they […]

The Commission on issues of pardon under the President of Azerbaijan made a list of those who’s pardoning are expected next week. Obviously, this list included a few political prisoners from the report of Christoph Strasser, and after its approval, the PACE, the U.S. State Department and other human rights organizations will express their satisfaction […]

We represent an issue for erudite persons and intellectuals, the answer to which allows simultaneously determining a disposition of “field of wonders”. “Closed society, authoritarian and totalitarian conglomerate functioning on mafia concepts that decorated by democratic slogans”. This is …  

On December 18, 2012 at PACE website was published a report of the Rapporteur of the Council of Europe Mr. Christoph Strasser on the issues of political prisoners named “The follow-up to the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan”. The report is placed at section of “Human rights – documents and resources” of our website. […]

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called the Azerbaijani authorities to intensify work on implementation of legislation on the functioning of democratic institutions. The call came after the approval at the committee meeting in Paris of report of the co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Pedro Agramunt and Joseph Grekh on […]

Head of Public Relations Department of the State Traffic Police Department of Baku is fined for speeding, reports Vesti.az