Join the Sport for Rights campaign in organising 40 protests to help mark the 40th birthday of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova
27 May: 40 protests for Khadija Ismayilova’s 40th birthday
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Rebecca Vincent
Rebecca Vincent is a human rights activist and former U.S. diplomat. She currently coordinates the Sport for Rights campaign.
Rebecca Vincent: Azerbaijan prepares for election after locking up critics
Azerbaijani citizens are set to go to the polls this Sunday to vote for their representatives in 125 parliamentary districts, but this process will be far from democratic. This country has not held a democratic election for more than 20 years, and...
Azerbaijani journalist appeals to Christiane Amanpour to help jailed colleagues
Former Index award winner Idrak Abbasov urges Christiane Amanpour, the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety, to call for the release of Azerbaijan’s jailed journalists and human rights defenders
Rebecca Vincent: Britain’s next prime minister must use European Games to stand up for human rights in Azerbaijan
In helping to whitewash Azerbaijan’s ever-worsening image, the UK would only end up tarnishing its own, writes Rebecca Vincent.
Azerbaijan’s 12 months of paralysing attacks on civil society
Twelve months ago Rebecca Vincent and Rasul Jafarov wrote for Index on Censorship magazine on a crackdown on photojournalists in Azerbaijan. A year later Jafarov is in prison awaiting trial, and Vincent writes about the spiralling threats towards anyone who speaks out about democracy
Five things Aliyev doesn’t want you to know about Azerbaijan’s presidential election
Although its government has been working hard to promote a positive image of Azerbaijan abroad, at home, it continues to crack down on citizens’ ability to exercise their basic rights and fundamental freedoms, Rebecca Vincent writes
Have Europe’s politicians failed Azerbaijan?
This week the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) did not pass a resolution pressurising Azerbaijan to release or retry its political prisoners. Rebecca Vincent looks at how the body’s lack of pressure further endangers free expression in the country
Internet freedom? Not in Azerbaijan
IGF | Azerbaijan’s government locks up its online critics on trumped-up charges so it is an odd choice to host a giant international forum on internet freedom. Rebecca Vincent explains
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Azerbaijan: A visit with Idrak Abbasov
On 18 April, Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally attacked while he reported on the demolition of houses. Rebecca Vincent visited him at his home outside Baku