In their joint letter of 11 November 2014, to President Ilham Aliyev, the NGOs call upon the authorities to put an end to the unprecedented repression against civil society.
Due to the risk of retaliation against any NGO signing critical statements at this time in Azerbaijan, for the first time since the Human Rights House Network (HRHN) works on Azerbaijan, it has decided not to publish the list of NGOs from Azerbaijan involved in preparing the joint letter and endorsing it.
“This wave of repression is planned,” said Maria Dahle, Executive Director of the Human Rights House Foundation. “Charges of hooliganism, which used to be heldagainst journalists in 2009, now became economic and severe criminal charges. In addition, legislation has evolved in such a way that human rights defenders can at any given time be criminalized for their activities.”
In their joint letter, the NGOs indeed highlight how repression of civil society in the country is a systemic problem remaining unaddressed. -16D-
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