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.
LATEST UPDATES
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...
Report: EU-Azerbaijan: Trading Away Principles
EU-Azerbaijan: Trading Away Principles On 8 December 2025, the Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan will publish its report,“Trading Away Principles. Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: the European Union Prioritises Energy and Geopolitics”. Key...
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...
1 Year Detention: Call for the Release of Anar Mammadli
One Year in Detention:Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Anar Mammadli 29 April 2025 marks one year since human rights defender Anar Mammadli's arrest in Azerbaijan.Human rights defender Anar Mammadli was arrested on 29 April 2024...
Submission to United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of association and assembly in the “super election year” (2024)
Electoral Repression in Azerbaijan: Systemic Violations of Freedom of Association Submission of the Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan tothe United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of...
Urgent call to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan’s PACE credentials
Urgent call to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan’s PACE credentials Ahead of the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, international human rights organisations urge the Assembly to confirm the suspension of...
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