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Updates on Our Campaign for Freedom and Justice in Azerbaijan: Latest News and Actions
Impossible to achieve peace without a vibrant civil society that protects freedom and human rights
Foreword to the report “Quest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression”
By Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights lawyer, Head of Nobel Peace Prize-awarded Center for Civil Liberties
Ahead of COP29: Quest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression
Press release of the Anar Mammadli Campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan at the occasion of the publication of the report “Quest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression”.
European Civil Society Call Upon New Secretary General of Council of Europe to Prioritise Human Rights in Azerbaijan
A wide group of European civil society organisations wrote to Alain Berset, new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on his first day in office, calling upon him to prioritise the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan, marked by the detention of Vaclav Havel Award winner Anar Mammadli alongside over 300 other political prisoners.
Civil Society Demands Attention to Human Rights and Climate Justice Ahead of COP29
A wide group of global civil society organisations issued a joint statement to demand human rights at COP29.
Call to PACE Bureau to prioritise release of Anar Mammadli
In a context of a notable intensification of repression occurring in Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the presidential election on 7 February 2024 and the parliamentary election on 1 September 2024, we call upon PACE to prioritise the release of Anar Mammadli ahead of COP29.
Submission to the Committee of Ministers by prominent NGOs on the implementation of the Mammadli Group of cases highlights new arbitrary detentions in Azerbaijan
On 8 August 2024, NGOs with a long-standing engagement on Azerbaijan and well-established legal authority submitted information to the Committee of Ministers on the continued nature of repression affecting the applicants of the Mammadli Group of cases of the European Court of Human Rights. The government of Azerbaijan has yet to fully execute the requested measures by the Court. The arrest of Anar Mammadli serves to illustrate the extent to which Azerbaijan remains distant from the implementation of the Court’s rulings.
Anar Mammadli Campaign writes to UNFCCC boss ahead of COP29
On the occasion of Anar Mammadli’s birthday today, the Anar Mammadli Campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan wrote a letter to Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, who is in charge of securing that the conference of the parties to the convention takes place in an orderly manner.
Ahead of COP29: Climate of repression in Azerbaijan must stop
As Azerbaijan prepares to host the next UN Climate Change conference, COP29, a group of distinguished Azerbaijani human rights defenders have launched a joint campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan.