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Azerbaijani journalist who was brutally attacked wins case at European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights found Azerbaijan responsible for the ill-treatment of investigative journalist Idrak Abbasov, who was brutally beaten by state-oil company SOCAR security guards as police stood by and did nothing at a 2012 protest action against forced evictions in a Baku suburb.
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Resource | Case Summary | 15 Sep 2020 | By Başak Küçük
Tagiyev and Huseynov v Azerbaijan
Criminal conviction for publication of an article criticising Islam.
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EHRAC briefs Council of Europe diplomats on repression of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
EHRAC participated in a European Implementation Network briefing given to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers about the Ilgar Mammadov group of cases.
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Council of Europe’s old pandemic: ‘endemic’ ill-treatment and torture in custody in Azerbaijan
EHRAC's Legal Consultant Ramute Remezaite and former EHRAC Oak Fellow Ulkar Aliyeva write about the prevalence of torture in Azerbaijan.
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Blocked news websites counter Azerbaijani Government’s claims at European Court of Human Rights
Four critical news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan have responded to the Government’s submissions to the European Court of Human Rights and reiterated their claim that the ban violates their right to freedom of expression.
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Council of Europe must urge Azerbaijan to improve situation for human rights defenders
EHRAC and Amnesty International have urged the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to call upon the Government of Azerbaijan to end the restrictive situation for human rights defenders in the country, as part of its obligations to comply with legally- binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
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Azerbaijan’s suspension and disbarment of human rights lawyer breached European Convention
Azerbaijan’s suspension and disbarment of prominent human rights lawyer Khalid Bagirov was in breach of his freedom of expression and right to a private life.
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Azerbaijan failed to enforce prison sentence for ethnic hate crime
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.