Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan

The Campaign is a joint project of human rights defenders and NGOs highlighting the systemic nature of the practice of arbitrary detention for over two decades.

The Campaign is managed by Progress & Change Partnerships, at the behest of Azerbaijani lawyers, human rights defenders, and their organisations.

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Report EU-Azerbaijan Trading Away Principles: Trading Away Principles. Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: the European Union Prioritises Energy and Geopolitics: Front page

Over 400 political prisoners by December 2025, based on previous data from Azerbaijani civil society

The number of political prisoners has surged by 321.5%, increasing from 93 individuals in February 2023 to at least 400 in December 2025.

Report: EU-Azerbaijan: Trading Away Principles

EU-Azerbaijan: Trading Away Principles Our new report examines how the European Union deprioritised human rights in its relationship with Azerbaijan at the very moment the country is undergoing its most intense period of repression since independence. As we document...

Press release: Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles

Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan:EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles For immediate release: Baku, Brussels, Geneva, 9 December 2025 — Azerbaijan’s geopolitical relevance has grown through its control of energy routes and its balancing act in the oil and gas...

CRISIS UPDATE: Weekend Crackdown in Azerbaijan, including Arrest of Opposition Leader, Ali Karimli

Weekend Crackdown in Azerbaijan, including Arrest of Opposition Leader, Ali Karimli Azerbaijan has entered one of its most serious crackdowns on political opposition in recent years. Over the weekend, the National Security Agency raided the home of Ali Karimli, leader...

CRISIS UPDATE: Azerbaijan Expands Transnational Repression Through Criminal Proceedings in Absentia

Azerbaijan Expands Transnational Repression Through Criminal Proceedings in Absentia Analysis authored by Samed Rahimli, human rights lawyer, member of the Steering Committee of the Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan, shows how criminal proceedings in absentia...

I, Anar Mammadli, am submitting this communication from my cell

I, Anar Mammadli, am submitting this communication from my cell… Letter by Anar Mammadli from his place of detention in Azerbaijan to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe asking for strong measures by the Committee given the defiance by the authorities...

CRISIS UPDATE: Retaliatory Suspension and Prosecution of Lawyer Zabil Gahramanov

Retaliatory Suspension and Prosecution of Lawyer Zabil Gahramanov The Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan has published a new case analysis documenting the suspension and prosecution of defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov. This further persecution of a human rights...