The Human Rights Club (HRC) issued a statement on the occasion of World Human Rights Day, expressing deep concerns about the widespread and systematic violations of human rights in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan marks International Human Rights Day, with 142 political prisoners, and they must be released, the statement said.
The statement noted increasing pressure on independent NGOs, and more than 1,000 NGOs are unable to obtain state registration.
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) is being prosecuted for having conducted the monitoring of the presidential election .
The statement also called on the international community to demand from the Azerbaijani authorities a respect for their international obligations in the field of human rights. This is especially important on the eve of the country's chairmanship in the CE’s Committee of Ministers in May 2014. -06D—
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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