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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 […]

Court of Appeal upholds the youth activist in detention

30 June 2014

Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Sahib Akhmedov today rejected appeals of youth activist Orkhan Eyubzade against an extension of his arrest for another month, Turan was told by the lawyer said Asabali Mustafayev. The lawyer considers unreasonable the detention of Eyubzade, and intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. […]

Chief of AIDHR visited Polish Embassy in Azerbaijan – PHOTO

30 June 2014

Ahmad Shahidov met with Counsellor of political and economic section of Embassy Mrs. Beata Baranska On 30 June, chief of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Ahmad Shahidov met with Counsellor of political and economic section of Polish Embassy in Azerbaijan Mrs. Beata Baranska. During the meeting Ahmad Shahidov gave more information about AIDHR […]

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 […]

The 23rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens in Baku

28 June 2014

The 23rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, 28 June – 2 July 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel Congress Centre. Hosted by the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, the Session will be held under the theme “Helsinki +40: Towards Human Security for All.” All meetings will take place […]

Draft resolution on the violation of the Helsinki principles by Russia is proposed to the agenda of the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

28 June 2014

The agenda for the OSCE PA session to be held in Baku in June 28 offered an additional item and the draft resolution entitled “The obvious, gross and uncorrected violations of the Helsinki principles of the Russian Federation”, the principal author of which is Benjamin Cardin from the USA. The project noted that the OSCE […]

Authorities allocated 1 mln.235 thousand AZN to 33 papers

28 June 2014

Foundation of Mass Media under the President of the country at today’s meeting decided to allocate funds to 33 newspapers. The funds are allocated on the basis of projects submitted to the editorial boards of the second half of 2014. As stated in the Fund, the total amount of allocated funds was 1 mln.235 thousand […]

The police want to accuse the son of human rights activist

28 June 2014

Coordinator of the Public Alliance “Azerbaijan without political prisoners” Oktay Gyulalyev June 27 at 16.00 was called to the Main Police Office of Baku. The reasons for his call were not notified. A few days ago Gyulalyev was also summoned to the police investigation into the incident under the pretext of stab wounds of his […]

Former NIDA activist Bakhtiyar Guliyev declined the appeal

27 June 2014

The Baku Appeal Court presided over by Judge Hasan Ahmadov held a preliminary hearing on NIDA activists today. In the beginning, the judge announced that the accused Bakhtiyar Guliyev refused the appeal. But the lawyers defending Guliyev in the trial court, as well as other defendants, expressed the need for personal involvement of the man […]

The Court of Appeal upheld the decision on the editor of the site azadxeber.org

27 June 2014

The Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Mirzali Abbasov ended June 27 consideration of the appeal by the editor of the azadxeber.org website Nijat Aliyev and 9 others convicted of illegal possession of drugs and weapons, inciting sectarian strife, calls for the seizure of power , distributing banned religious literature. The Court upheld the verdict […]

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 ...

Court of Appeal upholds the youth activist in detention

30 June 2014

Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Sahib Akhmedov today rejected appeals of youth activist Orkhan Eyubzade against an extension of his arrest for another month, Turan was told by the lawyer said Asabali Mustafayev. The ...

Chief of AIDHR visited Polish Embassy in Azerbaijan – PHOTO

30 June 2014

Ahmad Shahidov met with Counsellor of political and economic section of Embassy Mrs. Beata Baranska On 30 June, chief of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Ahmad Shahidov met with Counsellor of political and ...

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 ...

The 23rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens in Baku

28 June 2014

The 23rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, 28 June – 2 July 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel Congress Centre. Hosted by the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, ...

Draft resolution on the violation of the Helsinki principles by Russia is proposed to the agenda of the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

28 June 2014

The agenda for the OSCE PA session to be held in Baku in June 28 offered an additional item and the draft resolution entitled “The obvious, gross and uncorrected violations of the Helsinki principles of ...

Authorities allocated 1 mln.235 thousand AZN to 33 papers

28 June 2014

Foundation of Mass Media under the President of the country at today’s meeting decided to allocate funds to 33 newspapers. The funds are allocated on the basis of projects submitted to the editorial boards of ...

The police want to accuse the son of human rights activist

28 June 2014

Coordinator of the Public Alliance “Azerbaijan without political prisoners” Oktay Gyulalyev June 27 at 16.00 was called to the Main Police Office of Baku. The reasons for his call were not notified. A few days ...

Former NIDA activist Bakhtiyar Guliyev declined the appeal

27 June 2014

The Baku Appeal Court presided over by Judge Hasan Ahmadov held a preliminary hearing on NIDA activists today. In the beginning, the judge announced that the accused Bakhtiyar Guliyev refused the appeal. But the lawyers ...

The Court of Appeal upheld the decision on the editor of the site azadxeber.org

27 June 2014

The Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Mirzali Abbasov ended June 27 consideration of the appeal by the editor of the azadxeber.org website Nijat Aliyev and 9 others convicted of illegal possession of drugs and ...

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