IN 2010 SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS TO DETERIORATE IN AZERBAIJAN, SAYS REPRESENTATIVE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Sevinj Vagifgizi, the editor-in-chief of “Abzas Media”, is experiencing discrimination at Baku's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1, where she has been denied visits with her mother. This occurred after she revealed information about foreign citizens voting in the detention center during the extraordinary parliamentary elections, her mother, Ofelia Maharramova said.

The OSCE conference on independent judiciary, democratic lawmaking and the right to the fair trial is being held in Warsaw these days. U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Kozak delivered a comprehensive report on the situation with the rule of law in the former Soviet Republics and Eastern European countries.

On 9 October, a rally was held in Warsaw in defense of Iqbal Abilov, a Talysh researcher arrested in Azerbaijan. The action took place in front of the Sofitel Victoria Hotel, where the OSCE conference ‘2024 Warsaw Human Dimension’ is being held from 1 to 10 October 2024.

Health condition of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov arrested in Georgia is a cause for concern, he should be released from detention. This was written in social network X by PACE member, German MP, Frank Schwabe.