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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Afgan Sadigov: Georgia Must Account for his Forced Return to Azerbaijan
CRISIS UPDATEAfgan Sadigov: Georgia Must Account for the Forced Return of Journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan Afgan Sadigov's late-night arrest yesterday, Saturday 4 April 2026, subsequent expulsion, and arrival in Baku today bear the hallmarks...
Joint statement: Unlawfully Detained Women Journalists Face Sexual Violence
Unlawfully Detained Women Journalists Face Sexual Violence amidst On-going Crackdown on Civil Society Joint statement by international human rights and media freedom organisations. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders...
The Council of Europe must act on Azerbaijan; launch the Joint Complementary Procedure
PACE Winter Session 2026:The Council of Europe must act on Azerbaijan; launch the Joint Complementary Procedure Azerbaijan has spent the past decade disregarding the Council of Europe’s standards, institutions, and judgments. The cost is borne by...
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...
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