AzeriWatchdog
@WatchdogAze
Domestic #humanrights watchdog from #Azerbaijan committed to #monitoring and reporting human rights violations and upholding rule of law and democratic values
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http://gozetci.az 08-07-2015 13:47:15
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📜EMDS issued a #statement condemning recently growing (20+) cases of politically motivated #pressure and persecutions in #Azerbaijan against the government critics who faced #detention , arbitrary #arrest and #intimidation in 2022
Read more here; bit.ly/3TxqIQz
⚡️1 of 6 people detained shortly after #readmission to #Azerbaijan from #Germany , member of AXCP🇦🇿 Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası Punhan Karimli was sentenced to 6 years on drug charges. He and his lawyer reported beat up in police custody, mentioned poor investigation & political motivation behind his case
Today in Baku: opposition protest with a demand of reopening the land borders was quashed by police. At least 25 detained.
Azerbaijan's land borders have been closed for two years with no solid official justification after the pandemic eased off.
Photo: AzadlıqRadiosu
⚡️ #Journalist threatened in #Azerbaijan ;
Aziz Orujov, editor-in-chief of 'Kanal13' online TV, reports being #threatened by unknown man in front of family members in daytime in Baku on July 7.
He regarded the threat as part of recently growing attacks on government critics
⚡️ Venice Commission opinion on law on media in #Azerbaijan ;
the law fails to meet international standards, discourages media freedom and needs to be significantly amended.
gozetci.az/en/the-venice-…
The #Azerbaijani authorities must promptly and thoroughly investigate the latest #attack and threats against #journalist Ayten Mamedova and ensure her safety. Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement
gozetci.az/en/authorities…
⚡⚡⚡ #Journalist was attacked in 🇦🇿. Assailant cornered A.Mammadova with a #knife to her throat in elevator & #threatened her to stop #reporting on an ongoing #trial . Mammadova has been reporting on case where number of reports suggest coercing #confession from the accused
📰 Azerbaijan: latest EMDS #newsletter on;
#monitoring results of #policeviolence , #kidnap and inhumane treatment targeting government critics & #peaceful #1May #protest dispersed by police
Read in full and subscribe to our newsletter here 👇
mailchi.mp/b408444b763b/e…
The law on #media , adopted at the end of last year, may lead to the destruction of the remnants of free media in #Azerbaijan , since it introduces strict regulation of the activities of the media and #journalists
gozetci.az/en/osce-repres…