Human Rights

July 9, 2026

Authorities Seek Harsher Prison Regime for Detained Azerbaijani Activist Nicat Ibrahim

Azerbaijani prison authorities have asked a court to transfer imprisoned civic activist Nicat Ibrahim to a stricter prison regime, a...

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July 9, 2026

Women’s Rights Defender Nargiz Mukhtarova Given 7.5-Year Suspended Sentence in Azerbaijan

A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced women’s rights defender Nargiz Mukhtarova to seven years and six months in prison, suspended...

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June 29, 2026

RSF: New Media and Broadcasting Council Will Strengthen State Control Over Independent Information Space

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the international press freedom organization, has criticized a draft law in Azerbaijan that would establish a...

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June 29, 2026

Imprisoned Political Activists Appeal to the President of the European Commission

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is expected to visit Azerbaijan on 1 July. A group of...

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June 29, 2026

The Long Arm of Authoritarian Regimes Beyond Borders: An Interview with Constantinos Efstathiou

Authoritarian regimes are no longer targeting critical voices only within their own borders. Journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and...

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June 27, 2026

“Azerbaijan Has All the Elements of a Dictatorship” 

Frank Schwabe, a leading German member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has openly challenged the legitimacy...

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June 25, 2026

Europe’s Unanswered Question: Who Will Make Turkey Obey Its Human Rights Obligations?

A high-level side event at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly lays bare the growing crisis of enforcement and the...

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June 23, 2026

Christophe Lacroix Speaks to Caspian Watch: “We Are No Longer Merely Speaking of an Authoritarian State, but of a Totalitarian Model”

Strasbourg, 23 June 2026 – During the June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Christophe Lacroix,...

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June 21, 2026

PACE report accuses Azerbaijan of systematic crackdown on critical voices, independent media and civil society

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls for release of journalists and political prisoners, warns of shrinking civic space...

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June 20, 2026

Human Rights Watch Calls on Azerbaijan to Release Imprisoned Rights Defender Rufat Safarov

International human rights organization Human Rights Watch has called on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release imprisoned human rights defender Rufat...

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