{"id":167877,"date":"2015-05-13T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T08:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/breaking-point-in-azerbaijan-a-new-report-paints-a-bleak-picture-of-human-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:15:26","slug":"breaking-point-in-azerbaijan-a-new-report-paints-a-bleak-picture-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/breaking-point-in-azerbaijan-a-new-report-paints-a-bleak-picture-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"“Breaking Point in Azerbaijan”: A new report paints a bleak picture of human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n While Azerbaijani authorities continue to tighten screws over civil society and silence dissident voices, the government is presenting the polished image of a prosperous European state to outsiders, according to a
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\n released by Washington DC-based NGO Freedom Now and the Human Rights House Network on May 12, 2015.\n<\/p>\n

\n The just-released study, titled “Breaking point in Azerbaijan: Promotion and glamour abroad, Repression and imprisonment at home,\u201d\u00a0provides a comprehensive analysis of the methods Azerbaijani authorities are using to crack down on civil society.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u00a0\u201cIt is clear that Azerbaijan has reached a breaking point,\u201d said Maran Turner, Executive Director of Freedom Now. \u201cSince 2009, Azerbaijan has adopted legislation, in direct opposition to the country\u2019s obligations under international law, which restricts the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and association and criminalises the right to be a human rights defender. This legislation reveals a regime which has no intent to fulfil its obligations to the international community or its own citizens.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n According to the authors of the report, the Azerbaijani authorities employ three strategies to muzzle critics: \u201cpatently politically-motivated charges” (inciting hatred, mass disorder, and treason); \u201cfabricated charges\u201d (drug and weapon charges, and hooliganism), and “special \u201corganization-directed charges” (charges of illegal business activity, abuse of office, etc.).\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe Azerbaijani authorities must immediately and unconditionally release and rehabilitate all leading civil society actors,\u201d said Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy at the Human Rights House Foundation. \u201cThe authorities must also conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into all cases of detention, torture, and other human rights abuses directed against human rights defenders, journalists and activists, and provide appropriate compensation to the victims of such violations. Until that time, the international community must cease sending high level representatives to economic, sporting, and cultural events organised in Azerbaijan.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n , Leyla Yunus, and her husband Arif Yunus, independent election observer Anar Mammadli, investigate journalist
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\n The report documents serious procedural and due process violations before and during the trials of “prisoners of conscience,” including incidents of torture or mistreatment, lack of access to lawyers, dismissal of routine motions, and exclusion of vital evidence introduced by defence lawyers.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\n What the international community can do
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\n In conclusion, the report recommends that the international community adopt a raft of measures to pressure Azerbaijan, such as call for the immediate and unconditional release of all leading civil society actors, stop honouring events held in Azerbaijan with their presence at opening and closing ceremonies, and suspend the credentials of the delegation of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.\n<\/p>\n

\n Additionally, the international community should request that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights present to the Human Rights Council a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan and apply targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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