CRISIS DESK
The Campaign’s CRISIS DESK monitors events in Azerbaijan in real time, gathers legal information from lawyers in the country, and provides fast, reliable, and evidence-based analysis. It publishes crisis updates as situations unfold so that the public, media, and international partners can follow developments and act on accurate information.
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European Parliament Adopts New Resolution on Azerbaijan
The European Parliament Adopts New Resolution on Azerbaijan, Reinforcing Calls for Conditionality and Accountability On 18 December 2025, the European Parliament adopted a new resolution condemning the arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of...
The European Parliament Must Continue to Act on Azerbaijan
The European Parliament Must Continue to Act against the Backdrop of the Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan A new European Parliament resolution on Azerbaijan is urgently needed. Repression has deepened, political prisoners now number over 400...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Human rights groups urge International Association of Judges to act on Azerbaijan
Human rights groups urge International Association of Judges to act on Azerbaijan Baku/Geneva, 29 September 2025 – A coalition of human rights groups has written to the International Association of Judges (IAJ) ahead of its annual meeting in Baku,...
ECtHR strikes out Azerbaijani cases
ECtHR strikes out new batch of Azerbaijani cases:Unilateral declarations undermine justice On 25 September 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued another decision in a series of cases against Azerbaijan concerning politically...
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