MEPs deplore the crackdown on dissent in Azerbaijan, raising the issue at January European Parliament Plenary in Strasbourg, and adopting a resolution taking stock of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. Overwhelming majority of #MEPs supports urgency resolution on #MehmanHuseynov case in #Azerbaijan – just adopted! Full text: https://t.co/ezeBet068a pic.twitter.com/LCSEEByWUi — Human Rights House Foundation…
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“Endemic” police torture in Azerbaijan
Torture in Azerbaijan by police and other law enforcement agencies is “systemic and endemic,” according to a report from the Council of Europe’s torture prevention body. #CoE #Anti-torture Committee (#CPT) publishes reports on #Azerbaijan which show #torture, #impunity and #corruption endemic, but CPT considers Azerbaijani authorities’ decision to publish indicates resolve to address these problems @coe…
EU-Azerbaijan: Mehman Huseynov sentence questioned
The two-year sentence handed down on 3 March by a court in Baku to Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov on a charge of slander, after he reported that he was tortured during a brief incarceration in January, raises serious questions both as regards respect for freedom of expression and due process of law, says the statement…
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