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European Political Community Summit: an Opportunity to Demand Rights
Date: 6 November 2024
European human rights organisations call for a clear focus on Azerbaijan’s unprecedented repression and human rights violations during the European Political Community Summit hosted by Prime Minister Victor Orbán in Budapest. Access the full article…
EU Urged to Address Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Crisis at COP29
Date: 6 November 2024
Ahead of COP29 in Baku, 17 international human rights organizations are urging EU leaders to confront Azerbaijan’s government over its escalating human rights abuses. Access the full article…
UN expert calls for Anar Mammadli’s release
Date: 4 November 2024
In a statement issued on 31 October 2024, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders calls on the immediate and unconditional release of Anar Mammadli, ahead of COP29. Access the full article…
Anar Mammadli's health continues to deteriorate due to limited access to medical care
Date: 16 October 2024
At Anar Mammadli’s direct request, the Anar Mammadli Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan is alarmed by the continued deterioration of Anar Mammadli’s health while in detention in Baku, Azerbaijan. Access the full article…
Impossible to achieve peace without a vibrant civil society that protects freedom and human rights
Date: 26 September 2024
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. Access the full article…
Ahead of COP29: Quest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression
Date: 26 September 2024
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”. Access the full article…
European Civil Society Call Upon New Secretary General of Council of Europe to Prioritise Human Rights in Azerbaijan
Date: 17 September 2024
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. Access the full article…
Civil Society Demands Attention to Human Rights and Climate Justice Ahead of COP29
Date: 11 September 2024
A wide group of global civil society organisations issued a joint statement to demand human rights at COP29. Access the full article…
Call to PACE Bureau to prioritise release of Anar Mammadli
Date: 1 September 2024
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. Access the full article…
Submission to the Committee of Ministers by prominent NGOs on the implementation of the Mammadli Group of cases highlights new arbitrary detentions in Azerbaijan
Date: 8 August 2024
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. Access the full article…
Anar Mammadli Campaign writes to UNFCCC boss ahead of COP29
Date: 26 July 2024
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. Access the full article…
Ahead of COP29: Climate of repression in Azerbaijan must stop
Date: 28 June 2024
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. Joining forces under the name of Anar Mammadli, the campaign aims to raise the profile of emblematic political prisoners in a climate of sustained repression. Access the full article…
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