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Azerbaijan failed to enforce prison sentence for ethnic hate crime
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today ruled that Azerbaijan granted “virtual impunity” to a convicted murderer because of the ethnic Armenian origin of his victims.
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Defendants in ‘Ganja case’ take torture claims to European Court of Human Rights
EHRAC, together with an Azerbaijani partner lawyer, has lodged an application at the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of five young men who were arrested at a protest in Azerbaijan’s second city, Ganja, and later mistreated and tortured in detention.
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Azerbaijani human rights defender Rasul Jafarov cleared of all charges
Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court granted full acquittal to the prominent human rights defender Rasul Jafarov, who EHRAC represents, ordering him to be compensated.
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Azerbaijan’s 2020 elections and the ongoing persecution of human rights defenders
EHRAC's James Dowsett looks back on Azerbaijan's 2020 parliamentary elections. How did Azerbaijan’s failure to comply with international legal standards contribute to the suppression of dissenting voices?
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EHRAC urges Committee of Ministers to call for end to fresh travel ban imposed on Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev
On 23 January 2020, EHRAC petitioned the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers to call for the lifting of a fresh travel ban imposed on the prominent Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. This is the second travel ban against Mr Aliyev, as a first ban, which was originally imposed after his conditional release from custody in March 2016, remains in force.
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Azerbaijan fails to execute European Court judgment as human rights defender is prevented from standing in 2020 parliamentary elections
On 7 January 2020, EHRAC filed a submission to the Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe in a case concerning the prominent human rights defender Rasul Jafarov, after the Azerbaijani authorities` refused to register him as an electoral candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections on 9 February 2020.
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EHRAC and Yale Law School submit third-party intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh right to life cases
EHRAC, together with the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School, has submitted a third-party intervention at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in two cases arising from the renewal of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in April 2016 over the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Resource | Submission | 3 Feb 2020
Disbarred, suspended or criminally prosecuted: Azerbaijani human rights lawyers
EHRAC compiled a list of Azerbaijani Human Rights lawyers who have been sanctioned, based on reports and information from partners.
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EHRAC urges UN Special Rapporteur to act over disbarred Azerbaijani lawyers in joint-submission with three NGOs
EHRAC, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) filed a joint-submission on 23 October 2019 informing the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the continuing attacks on the independent work of lawyers in Azerbaijan. EHRAC, together with the NGOs, urged Mr. Diego García-Sayán to scrutinise the situation in the country, including by requesting a visit to Azerbaijan, to urgently address the issues with the Azerbaijani authorities.
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European Court: Azerbaijani Government has case to answer over blocking of news websites
On 20 September 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) communicated the case of four independent news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan.