2009 Human Rights Report: Azerbaijan

On October 15, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during his visit to Iran.

On October 16, a complaint was filed with the Tbilisi City Court against the decision of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs' Migration Department to deny political asylum to Afghan Sadygov, the founder of the Azel TV website, his lawyer, Keti Chutlashvili told Turan.

The health of Anar Mammadli, director of the Center for Election Observation and Democracy Training (CEODT), who is currently in prison, is deteriorating day by day. This was reported by his lawyer Elchin Sadigov.

Elvin Mustafayev, a member of the independent trade union confederation ‘Workers’ Platform’ (‘Işçi Masası’), who is serving a prison sentence, complained about the repeated denial of treatment at the Penitentiary Service Hospital. This is stated in a report by the 'Workers Platform' trade union.