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Gulmira Aslanova – the wife of the convicted journalist Polad Aslanov held a protest in front of the Penitentiary Service building on April 4. She was protesting against the beating …

The international human rights organization has published a traditional report on the state of freedoms in the countries of the world. The report evaluates the level of freedoms on several parameters: political …

On Monday, the official representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Leyla Abdullayeva, named five principles for normalizing relations with Armenia. Commenting on Armenia’s appeal to the OSCE Minsk Group about …

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 …

On the afternoon of March 9, public activist Bahtiyar Hajiyev was detained in front of the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Police officers attacked the activist’s private car, …

Today the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan presided over by Hafiz Nasibov has heard the appeal of Polad Aslanov who was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment treason charges. During the …

On February 22, at around 4:00 pm, in the suburbs of Baku ( in  the viilage  of Balakhani), a 24-year-old freelance reporter Avaz Shihmamedov (Hafizli) was killed with a knife. …

EMDS issued a statement condemning the persecutions lorry drivers faced for a peaceful protest. On 17 February, 4 lorry drivers blocked the Heydar Aliyev avenue to protest the officials of …

Azerbaijani authorities should investigate allegations of police brutality against three journalists detained while covering a protest in Baku and allow all members of the press to freely carry out their …