International organisations call on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mehman Huseynov.
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with conviction of prominent blogger
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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan Statements
Rights groups demand justice for journalist Mehman Huseynov tortured in Azerbaijan
Global human rights organisations strongly condemn the abduction and torture of Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov
Azerbaijan must stop crackdown on freedom of expression
The government of Azerbaijan is carrying out a multi-pronged attack on freedom of expression.
Azerbaijan: Renewed human rights crackdown ahead of referendum
Index on Censorship joins the Sport for Rights coalition in calling for an end of Azerbaijan’s renewed crackdown on human rights.
Azerbaijan: Index on Censorship calls for Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed
Index on Censorship calls for all Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed following the reduction in her jail sentence to a three-and-a-half-year suspended term
Azerbaijan: Free prisoners before Baku Grand Prix race
The Formula One Group leadership should urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix
Azerbaijan: Independent media under unprecedented attack
The Sport for Rights coalition calls for the Azerbaijani authorities to take immediate and concrete steps to cease this persecution of the independent media, starting with the unconditional release of Khadija Ismayilova and Azerbaijan’s other political prisoners.
Azerbaijan: Harassment of Meydan TV must stop
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the launch of a criminal investigation into online media outlet Meydan TV.
Azerbaijan: Coalition of NGOs intervene before European Court for imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
PEN International and Privacy International led 14 free expression and media freedom organisations, including Index on Censorship, in submitting an intervention today in the case of Azerbaijani journalist, Khadija Ismayilova before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Political prisoners released in Azerbaijan
Sport for Rights coalition expresses its relief over the release of 15 political prisoners in Azerbaijan.