In a statement issued by the Helsinki Commission, the government of Azerbaijan is urged to release Khadija Ismayil.
The mother of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova has accepted the 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on her daughter's behalf.
Jailed Azerbaijani investigative Khadija Ismayilova has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Ismayilova's mother Elmira picked up the award on Khadija's behalf and read out this speech that her daughter had written for the occasion.
Rights defenders Arif Yunus and his wife Leyla Yunus leave Azerbaijan for Holland. Their daughter Dinara Yunus met them at the airport in Amsterdam airport April 19.
“I think the court is waiting for their order. I don’t see any other reason why the court won’t announce a date for hearing otherwise. Ilham Aliyev is the only one who can place the order and he is powerless in doing that.”
Pharrell Williams will take the stage on June 19 together with singers Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias to perform at the opening of Formula 1 race in Azerbaijan
Human Rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev receives the civil rights defender award of the year at a prize ceremony in Stockholm.
April 5, as co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group meet in Vienna, both Armenia and Azerbaijan are encouraged to return to the negotiation table ending hostilities and respecting the ceasefire agreement.
April 2, clashes erupt as ceasefire violated on the frontline between Armenia and Azerbaijan. After a night of gunfire and heavy shelling, one resident of Tartar was reported killed, and one wounded.
April 1, Azerbaijan Bar Association disbars one lawyer, reprimands another and warns the third one.
Detained at the Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Aylisli was held for 12 hours on March 30. Aylisli, was traveling to Venice for an International Festival of Literature.
Court in Baku commuted Aliyev's 7.5years to a suspended 5 year sentence.
Davamı
