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 head of the Monitoring Group of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, lawyer Khalid Agaliyev. According to him, the decision of the CE Committee of Ministers concerns the cases of Intigam Aliyev, Khadija Ismail, Anar...

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 in his health due to a long hunger strike. The case was referred to Judge Nariman Mehdiyev. Since then, only once - on December 30, a meeting was held and an examination was appointed. The next meeting was...

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 nickname Avaz Khafizli). According to the statement by the General Prosecutor’s office, Avaz Shikhmamedov was killed by knife stabs on February 22. As per investigation version, the killer is a cousin of the journalist, Amrulla Gulaliyev, who has already been detained and arrested for the...

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 intervention into European democratic processes in the EU. The hearings were chaired by Bernard Quetta, a French MEP. Attending the discussions were MEPs Raphael Glucksman, Natalie Loiseau, Isabel Santos, Heidi Hautala, Marketa Gregorova, former director...