The Clooney Foundation for Justice is Monitoring the Case of Tofig Yagublu
For decades, opposition leader Tofig Yagublu has faced legal persecution in Azerbaijan. Detained since December, he is now standing trial. Legal organizations Trial Watch and Gibson Dunn are tracking the case and documenting violations to present to UN Special Rapporteurs. This information was shared by the Foundation on its account on platform X.
Hollywood actor George Clooney and his spouse, lawyer Amal Clooney, established the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) several years ago to ensure justice for vulnerable populations and hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable.
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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