On March 10, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution calling for the immediate cancellation of the criminal record of a group of journalists, human rights activists and activists from Azerbaijan,  announced  the...

On March 3, the Nizami District Court rejected a request for early release of political prisoner Saleh Rustamov. On December 6, 2021, Rustamov's lawyers filed a petition for his release due to a sharp deterioration...

March 1, 2022 The Institute for Freedom and Safety of Reporters condemns the authorities of Azerbaijan for intentional passivity resulting in cruel murder of a journalist and LGBT activist 24-year old Avaz Shikhmamedov (publishing under...

Human rights violations in Azerbaijan and interference by Baku in EU policies were the subject of 7 February discussions at a joint meeting of the European Parliament's Sub-Committee on Human Rights and the Ad Hoc Committee on foreign...