The nodular dermatitis virus has begun to spread in Azerbaijan. According to the State Veterinary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, the victims of the infectious disease already include 11 head of livestock in the Agdash, Zardab and Barda districts. According to the press service, on the whole the virus has been fixed at 1.6 […]
In 2000, the housing stock of the country at 27.7% was achieved with hot water, to July 1, 2014 this kind of utility services provided 8.8% of the housing. The State Statistics Committee considered normal figure due to lower performance (in 2012-13, 5.2% in 2011 – 4.7%). According to statistics, 80% of the existing equipment […]
Economic Development of Azerbaijan should be based on human rights and open dialogue. This is the general opinion of the members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, who visited Azerbaijan to study the human rights situation in the field of business. During a 10-day visit, the guests met in Baku and […]
The brutal attack on the journalist Ilgar Nasibov, in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, is an outrage and Azerbaijan’s authorities should ensure a prompt, effective and impartial investigation, Front Line Defenders, Human Rights House Foundation, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, People in Need, Human Rights Watch, ARTICLE 19 and Reporters without borders said today. The […]
The Ganja Court of Appeal chaired by Badal Aliyev held a preliminary hearing on the appeal of the head of the Educational Center of Ganja, Hasan Huseynli. Hearing on the merits is scheduled for September 9, the lawyer Elchin Sadigov told Turan. The defense applied for replacement of arrest by house arrest, and for conducting […]
Interior Minister Ramil Usubov filed a lawsuit against the head of the Association of Azerbaijani Intelligentsia, a member of the National Council, Movie Director Eldaniz Guliyev. The lawsuit filed in the Nasimi Court charges Guliyev under section 147 (insult) and 148 (defamation). According to the deputy head of the press service of the Interior Ministry […]
This morning, the Chairman of the Geygel branch of the party Musavat, Sabutay Guluzadeh was detained by police. He was accused that his barn door opens in the direction of a school. Turan obtained the information from a source in the regional branch of the party. Thus, the district police officer demanded that the door […]
The human rights defender Anar Mammadli is one of the three candidates for the award named Vaclav Havel in 2014. According to the radio Azadlig, together with Anar Mammadli the contenders are the Israeli organization B’tselem, which protects the rights of the Palestinians, as well as the Malta branch of the international organization Jesuit, protecting […]
So far, no criminal investigation has been commenced into the brutal beating of the human rights activist Ilgar Nasibov in Nakhchivan on August 21. “The Nakhchivan Police Department continues administrative investigation,” said the wife of the human rights activist, Malahat Nasibova. The results of forensic examination on August 25 were not submitted to her. “MIA […]
The Baku prison number 1 violated the confidentiality of correspondence of the contained therein human rights defender Intigam Aliyev and his lawyer Anar Gasymly. As the lawyer told Turan, there are no problems with the conditions of Aliyev. However, bureaucratic obstacles are created to the realization of the right to defense. So records prepared by […]
Over the last 14 years the number of the registered drug addicted persons in Azerbaijan increased by more than two times. According to the State Statistics Committee, in 2000, there were 14010 drug addicted people, and in 2013- 28,376. At the same time, in 2013, for the first time with a diagnosis of “drug addiction” […]
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan the number of abortions is constantly growing. Thus, in 2000, women aged 15 to 49 years made 95.200 abortions, in 2013 there were – 146,600. Per thousand women in 2000 there were an average of 7.8 abortions, and in 2013 – 10.4. For every one hundred births […]
The Working Group of Experts will hold on August 27 press conference at the UN office in Baku, and will present a primary data on the impact of business on human rights in Azerbaijan. Experts are in the country for several days, and their purpose is to find out and evaluate the sate of the […]
Training seminar devoted to countering religious extremism took place in the region of Lankaran. The event was organized by the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, and is conducted in one of the “sensitive” areas of the country. The participants of the event, which included religious and community leaders, stressed the need of propaganda […]
On August 25 the Baku Court of Appeal (ALS) dismissed the complaint of Murad Adilov, brother of Natig Adilov, the employee of newspaper “Azadlig”, and press secretary of the leader of the Popular Front Party. Murad was arrested on August 11 in the region of Sabirabad on suspicion of drug trafficking. On August 13 court […]
The nodular dermatitis virus has begun to spread in Azerbaijan. According to the State Veterinary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, the victims of the infectious disease already include 11 head of livestock in the ...
In 2000, the housing stock of the country at 27.7% was achieved with hot water, to July 1, 2014 this kind of utility services provided 8.8% of the housing. The State Statistics Committee considered normal ...
Economic Development of Azerbaijan should be based on human rights and open dialogue. This is the general opinion of the members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, who visited Azerbaijan to ...
The brutal attack on the journalist Ilgar Nasibov, in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, is an outrage and Azerbaijan’s authorities should ensure a prompt, effective and impartial investigation, Front Line Defenders, Human Rights House Foundation, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, ...
The Ganja Court of Appeal chaired by Badal Aliyev held a preliminary hearing on the appeal of the head of the Educational Center of Ganja, Hasan Huseynli. Hearing on the merits is scheduled for September ...
Interior Minister Ramil Usubov filed a lawsuit against the head of the Association of Azerbaijani Intelligentsia, a member of the National Council, Movie Director Eldaniz Guliyev. The lawsuit filed in the Nasimi Court charges Guliyev ...
This morning, the Chairman of the Geygel branch of the party Musavat, Sabutay Guluzadeh was detained by police. He was accused that his barn door opens in the direction of a school. Turan obtained the ...
The human rights defender Anar Mammadli is one of the three candidates for the award named Vaclav Havel in 2014. According to the radio Azadlig, together with Anar Mammadli the contenders are the Israeli organization ...
So far, no criminal investigation has been commenced into the brutal beating of the human rights activist Ilgar Nasibov in Nakhchivan on August 21. “The Nakhchivan Police Department continues administrative investigation,” said the wife of ...
The Baku prison number 1 violated the confidentiality of correspondence of the contained therein human rights defender Intigam Aliyev and his lawyer Anar Gasymly. As the lawyer told Turan, there are no problems with the ...
Over the last 14 years the number of the registered drug addicted persons in Azerbaijan increased by more than two times. According to the State Statistics Committee, in 2000, there were 14010 drug addicted people, ...
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan the number of abortions is constantly growing. Thus, in 2000, women aged 15 to 49 years made 95.200 abortions, in 2013 there were – 146,600. Per thousand ...
The Working Group of Experts will hold on August 27 press conference at the UN office in Baku, and will present a primary data on the impact of business on human rights in Azerbaijan. Experts ...
Training seminar devoted to countering religious extremism took place in the region of Lankaran. The event was organized by the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, and is conducted in one of the “sensitive” ...
On August 25 the Baku Court of Appeal (ALS) dismissed the complaint of Murad Adilov, brother of Natig Adilov, the employee of newspaper “Azadlig”, and press secretary of the leader of the Popular Front Party. ...