“Prizes without freedom risk becoming trophies of hypocrisy”: This year’s Václav Havel Prize must signal the Council of Europe to turn praise of courage into action against autocrats, even within its own ranks 💪
ips-journal.eu/topics/democra…
Three jailed journalists from @AbzasMedia have been transferred from the Baku Investigative Detention Centre to a penitentiary facility in Qurumba village, Lankaran, around three hours’ drive (over 250 km) from the capital.
Read more: shorturl.at/7AqLN
Tomorrow @coe should have welcomed journalist Ulvi Hasanli to receive the Vacláv Havel Prize in Strasbourg. He remains jailed🇦🇿
His wife Rubaba Guliyeva is under a travel ban and barred from attending @PACE_News🇪🇺
Repression continues. We stand with them and all detained in…
“Insights” & “peace”?
🧐 We quickly checked out what the Council of Europe @coe stands for:
Pursuit of peace based upon justice and international co-operation🕊️
Individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law⚖️
🇪🇺🇦🇿➡️ More about Azerbaijan’s Defiance: Decade of…
“Insights” & “peace”?
🧐 We quickly checked out what the Council of Europe @coe stands for:
Pursuit of peace based upon justice and international co-operation🕊️
Individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law⚖️
🇪🇺🇦🇿➡️ More about Azerbaijan’s Defiance: Decade of…
“This trial is a political show, not a legal process” ⚖️
Anar Mammadli at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes
He recalled the @ECHR_CEDH ruling that already declared his earlier conviction unlawful🏛️ The new charges are absurd & aim only to silence civil society 🚫
Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku today 🏎️🇦🇿
Behind the glamour:
Over 300 political prisoners ⚠️
Silenced media ⚠️
Jailed human rights defenders ⚠️
Formula One used to mask repression
🔗 free-anar.site
This week's quarterly meeting of the @coe's Committee of Ministers to review execution of judgments of the @ECHR_CEDH i.a. deals with long-standing non-implementation by #Azerbaijan of freedom of NGO organising, and reluctance by #Switzerland to truthfully implement the…
Happy birthday, father! Today is Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu’s 53rd birthday. Although he’s no longer in prison, he’s still in house arrest, spending his second birthday away from his family.
I miss you and I hope this will be the last time we are separated in your birthday, dad.
Happy birthday, father! Today is Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu’s 53rd birthday. Although he’s no longer in prison, he’s still in house arrest, spending his second birthday away from his family.
I miss you and I hope this will be the last time we are separated in your birthday, dad.
The convictions of @AbzasMedia journalists in #Azerbaijan are "part of a continuing pattern of pressure against independent media" in the country, says PACE rapporteur Christophe Lacroix, urging their release.
Read his full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/10005/…
Sept 9: Baku Court of Appeal upheld the “Abzas Media case” verdict. Sevinj Vagifgizi, Nargiz Absalamova, and Elnara Gasimova refused to stay silent. They held signs:
“Aliyev, declare your income!”
“Corruption is a crime, journalism is not!”
shorturl.at/Z3sfq
⚡️IRFS strongly condemns the Appeal Court’s move to maintain the unjust verdict against Abzas Media journalists.
❌ Silencing critical voices will not erase the truth in #Azerbaijan.
irfs.org/news-feed/verd…
As it was to be expected…
Azerbaijan is featured extensively in this new @coe publication. The country is indeed a role model in adopting legislation to criminalise civil society — sadly 🇦🇿⚖️🚨
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As it was to be expected…
Azerbaijan is featured extensively in this new @coe publication. The country is indeed a role model in adopting legislation to criminalise civil society — sadly 🇦🇿⚖️🚨
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