Human rights

One of the fundamental rights that must be upheld for internally displaced persons (IDPs) forced from their homes due to Armenian aggression is the right to housing. The right to housing is constituti...

In the process of resettling the territories of Karabakh liberated from Armenian occupation, protecting the property rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is one of the most pressing issues. T...

Azerbaijani political opposition figures, who are pursued and placed in detention centers and other places of confinement, resort to the last means of protest—a hunger strike. In most cases, prison au...

It is reported that the issue of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan has been included in the agenda of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

The "Conference of the Parties (COP29)" will be held in Baku from November 11 to 22. COP "Conference of the Parties", that is, the Conference of the Parties, and the number 29 in the name indicates th...

On May 25, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a pardon decree. The order affected 154 prisoners.  According to the Decree signed by the President "On pardoning a number of convicts", 63 people...

- What should be expected in the future in the case of Gubad and other defendants arrested in recent months?

By October 1, 2023, 100,514 Armenians who moved to Armenia from Karabakh had left Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan builds houses for returning former residents of the region, but these works are mainly conducte...

On November 20 last year, arrests began in the case of «AbzasMedia», known for its investigations of corruption. Earlier, the site's director Ulvi Hasanli, deputy director Muhammad Kekalov, and editor...

The Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudswoman) of Azerbaijan, Sabina Aliyeva, presented to the Milli Majlis an annual report on the protection of human rights in the country in 2023. It turned out th...

In recent days, social media platforms have become the stage for a disturbing spectacle of peer violence against a teenage girl in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia announced on February 16 that Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition leader, died in a correctional colony located in the village of Harp in the Yamal...

The rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have recently become the subject of public discussion. The insignificance of compensations and fees for the services of lawyers in court decisi...

In a landmark decision, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed resolution No. 15898 during its January 24 session, temporarily revoking the voting rights of the Azerbaijani...

Those arrested in connection with AbzasMedia - director Ulvi Hasanli, editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi (Abbasova), journalists Nargiz Absalamova and Hafiz Babali, as well as their relatives and those...

Over the past month, many journalists, political and public activists have been arrested in the country.