The last two months have brought hope for some improvement in the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, said the well-known human rights organization Amnesty International.
On April 19 the Azerbaijani authorities finally allowed the former prisoners of conscience Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus to travel to the Netherlands for treatment, and they finally reunited with their daughter Dinara.
Before that, in accordance with a decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on March 17, 10 prisoners of conscience were released: Members of the youth movement NIDA Rashadat Akhundov, Rashad Hasanov, Omar Mamedov and Mamed Azizov; defenders Rasul Jafarov and Anar Mammadov Gilal Mammadli, as well as opposition activists Yadigar Sadigov, Siraj Karimov, and Tofig Yagublu.
Human rights activist and journalist Tal Hasmamedova and a journalist Rauf Mirkadirov were also released, they were in prison on politically motivated charges.
On March 28 was released Intigam Aliyev, a known human rights lawyer and critic of the government. He was arrested in August 2014, and in April 2015 he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on fabricated charges of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship and abuse of power.
Despite the fact of the release of 11 prisoners of conscience and the abolition of the ban on travel for Leila and Arif Yunus are wonderful news, in Azerbaijani prisons still remain seven prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International will continue to campaign for their immediate and unconditional release, the report said. -16D-
Politics
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On February 11, the members of the monitoring group of Azerbaijani human rights organizations, Novella Jafaroglu, Saida Godjamanly, and Saadat Babanyarly, were received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding their appeals to the country's leadership concerning the case of the arrested journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi. The human rights activists were listened to, and they were informed that they would be informed on the results of the consideration of their appeal. On February 12, the appeal hearing for the journalist is scheduled for 14:00.
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The multinational naval exercises "AMAN-25" continue in Pakistan, with the participation of Azerbaijani Navy personnel.
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Due to the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo – the "Russian House" in Baku is taking measures to suspend its activities, the "Russian House" announced on its Facebook account on February 11.
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A name in the Russian language has been removed from the facade of the building where the ‘Russian House’ is located in Baku today. At the same time, a signboard in the Azeri language ‘Rus Evi’ remained on the building.
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