Azerbaijan

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan: Legal concern/Fear for safety: Shahin Agabeyli (m)
15 August 2006

Shahin Agabeyli, editor of the opposition weekly Milli Yol newspaper, is currently on hunger strike in protest at his forthcoming trial on the charge of defamation ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/008/2006

Azerbaijan: Further information on prisoner of conscience / Fear ...
15 August 2006

Mushviq Mammedov was released from custody on 26 May, having being arrested on 28 April on draft evasion charges. He was placed under house arrest until the beginning ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/007/2006

Azerbaijan: Freedom of expression under attack
8 August 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 55/006/2006 (Public). News Service No: 210. 9 August 2006. Azerbaijan: Freedom of expression under attack ...

Press Release       EUR 55/006/2006

Azerbaijan: Health concern/Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Legal ...
3 August 2006

Ruslan Bashirli, Said Nuri and Ramin Tagiyev, members of a political youth movement, Yeni Fikir ('New Idea'), were convicted of plotting to violently overthrow ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/004/2006

The Wire, August 2006. Vol. 36, No.7.
31 July 2006

1) South Korea exploits its migrant workers 2) Activists under attack in the Philippines 3) Prisoners of conscience released in Equatorial Guinea 4) Algerian ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2006

Llamada Internacional. (extracto de The Wire). Agosto de 2006
31 July 2006

Llamada Internacional. (extracto de The Wire). Agosto de 2006

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2006

Azerbaijan: Fear for safety/Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Legal ...
26 June 2006

Sakit Mirza Zakhidov, a well-known journalist and satirist for the opposition newspaper Azadlyq, was arrested on 23 June 2006 by Interior Ministry personnel belonging ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/003/2006

Azerbaijan: Fair Trial Concerns in Cases associated with the 2005 ...
24 May 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 55/002/2006 (Public). News Service No: 137. 25 May 2006. Azerbaijan: Fair Trial ...

Press Release       EUR 55/002/2006

Azerbaijan: Prisoner of conscience/ Fear of torture or ill ...
17 May 2006

Mushviq Mammedov was detained on charges of evading the draft for military service on 28 April. As a Jehovah's Witness for six years, his religious beliefs prohibit ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/001/2006

2006 Elections to the Human Rights Council: Background information ...
30 April 2006

In order to assist Member States in assessing the contribution and commitment of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights, this document contains ...

Report       IOR 41/006/2006