Baku / 17.01.20 / Turan: Human Rights Watch (HRW) released the next annual report on the human rights situation in the world.
The section on Azerbaijan says that in 2019, the country's authorities continued to restrict the rights and fundamental freedoms of people.
During this period, about 50 human rights activists, journalists, and civic activists who sharply criticized the authorities were released from prisons. However, at the same time, 30 more such critics were arrested.
The country continues to experience such phenomena as torture, inhuman treatment, violation of the right to freedom of assembly and association, restrictions on media rights and freedom of speech.
The report for each of these violations provides examples. The most brutal variant of mass violations of rights is the brutality of the police during the dispersal of a peaceful rally of activists of the Popular Front party, mass beatings, arrests and bullying of its participants.
The police harassed the journalists covering this rally, and called for interrogation of those who took part in the rallies.
The report highlights the facts of harassment of lawyers and the deprivation of their license to protect the rights of opposition members.
The arrests and harassment of opposition journalists, as well as the relatives of those who criticize authorities from abroad, are described in detail. -16D-
Politics
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On November 26, the Baku Court of Appeals reviewed the appeal of human rights defender Anar Mammadli, who contested the extension of his detention. Mammadli's lawyer, Javad Javadov, stated that Mammadli argued the extension of his pre-trial detention was unfounded and linked the criminal prosecution to his human rights activities, Turan reported.
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On November 26, a group of reserve officers from the Nakhchivan special forces held a protest near the Azerbaijani presidential administration. The protesters participated in the 44-day war and were discharged after sustaining injuries. They claim that the payments they are entitled to have not been provided.
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On November 26, the Baku Court of Appeals heard a complaint regarding the extension of the detention of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. During the hearing, the investigator requested that the complaint be rejected, while Ibrahimov's lawyer, Aghil Laidj, pointed out the lack of grounds for keeping Ibrahimov in custody.
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Arrested economist Fazil Gasimov has reportedly faced pressure after protesting the interruption of a phone call with his family on November 16. "The phone call was cut off, and Fazil demanded that the connection be restored. Then, Jalal Alizadeh, a detention center officer, along with his colleagues, forcibly removed Fazil from the phone room in the medical unit of the facility, tearing his jacket and dragging him across the floor before throwing him into a cell.
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