Prominent human rights campaigner Rasul Jafarov has been detained since 2 August on trumped up charges
Azerbaijan: Sham trial of rights activist Rasul Jafarov begins
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Azerbaijan: Support jailed journalists and human rights defenders
Azerbaijan’s government continues to repress civil society activists, human rights defenders and journalists. Many of them are now behind bars on trumped up charges, but in fact they were arrested for their human rights activities
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
Azerbaijan: Government arrests investigative journalist
The arrest of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova today underscores the entrenched authoritarian instincts of the government of President Ilham Aliyev
Nils Muižnieks: Azerbaijan’s reprisals against brave activists and journalists must stop now
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights reflects on his recent mission to Azerbaijan – one of the most difficult of his tenure
No justice: how impunity silences journalists
Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity, journalists from around the world tell Index why impunity is a serious threat to free expression
Protesters turn out for Azerbaijan’s political prisoners
Organisations and individuals from across Europe gathered in front of Azerbaijani embassies on Monday to demand Azerbaijan ends its crackdown on civil society.
17 Nov: Protest against Azerbaijan civil society crackdown
For six months, Azerbaijan has been chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Europe's top human rights body. During that period, Azerbaijan unleashed an unprecedented crackdown against civil society—including the imprisonment...
Azerbaijan must stop its suppression of civil society
Mr Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Avenue 7 1005 Baku Republic of Azerbaijan Fax: +994124923543 and +994124920625 Email: [email protected] Mr President, As the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe by the Republic of...
No more business as usual for Azerbaijan
Index on Censorship joins the Civic Solidarity Platform’s call to the Council of Europe to put real pressure on Azerbaijan to reverse its actions and release all those who have been imprisoned on unfounded charges.
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.