The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) appeal to the authorities of Azerbaijan with demand to solve the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov and punish both the ones that ordered and executed the shocking crime committed 17 years ago – on March 2 2005. IRFS deem that one of the major critics of the present authorities, editor-in-chief of a popular independent publisher ‘Monitor’, killed with shots at door of his house, became the most symbolic victim of the independent journalism of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan ranks fifth among the member countries of the Council of Europe in terms of non-execution of decisions of the
Amnesty International published its annual report on the world human rights situation on March 29. The part concerning Azerbaijan indicates
