{"id":186323,"date":"2017-08-30T22:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/meydan-tv-calls-on-german-human-rights-commissioner-to-act\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:27:28","slug":"meydan-tv-calls-on-german-human-rights-commissioner-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/meydan-tv-calls-on-german-human-rights-commissioner-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Meydan TV calls on German Human Rights Commissioner to act"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/barbel-kofler\/\" alt=\"B\u00e4rbel Kofler\" class=\"wp-image-91229\"\/><figcaption>\n    B\u00e4rbel Kofler<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  On 29 August, the German Government\u2019s Human Rights Commissioner B\u00e4rbel Kofler (SPD) issued a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/sid_C04F584681F67BC1542343A452051028\/EN\/Infoservice\/Presse\/Meldungen\/2017\/170829_MRHH_Aliyev.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    statement<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  on the arrest of Mehman Aliyev. The statement expresses \u2018concern\u2019 over the arrest of the director of Turan Information Agency, the only Azerbaijani independent media outlet based inside the country.\u00a0 The Commissioner promises to continue following Mehman Aliyev\u2019s case.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The stifling of free speech and political opposition in Azerbaijan is in fact cause for more than just concern. In Reporters Without Borders\u2019 World Press Freedom Index, Azerbaijan is<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/azerbaijan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    ranked<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  162 out of 180 countries. A group of former political prisoners, journalists, and human rights defenders, including Intigam Aliyev, Rasul Jafarov, Anar Mammadli, Khadija Ismayilova, Asabali Mustafayev, Fariz Namazli, Khalid Bagirov, Shahvalad Chobanoglu, Rovshan Hajibeyli and Samir Kazimli have formed a special Working Group that studies the cases of political prisoners and<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/former-political-prisoners-journalists-human-rights-defenders-condemn-arrest-of-mehman-aliyev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    publishes<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  reports. Earlier this month, the Working Group published an updated list of political prisoners currently behind bars in Azerbaijan, placing the total number at 160, including 58 journalists and bloggers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Commissioner\u2019s statement on Mehman Aliyev\u2019s arrest was published on 29 August, three months to the day after an independent Azeri journalist living in exile, Afgan Mukhtarli, was kidnapped in broad daylight from the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia.\u00a0 The next day Mukhtarli turned up under arrest in Azerbaijan, facing trial for illegally crossing the border and resisting arrest.\u00a0 On that occasion the Commissioner was \u2018<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/EN\/Infoservice\/Presse\/Meldungen\/2017\/170606_MRHH_Entf%C3%BChrung_AZE%20Journalist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    deeply concerned<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  ,\u2019 but to little effect: Mukhtarli remains in prison, his health steadily<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/ru\/article\/uhudshilos-sostoyanie-zhurnalista-afgana-muhtarly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    deteriorating<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  .\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We at Meydan TV requested the Commissioner\u2019s support on 16 August on behalf of other Azerbaijani journalists living in exile. Two journalists in Tbilisi have been<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/presse\/pressemitteilungen\/meldung\/botschaft-darf-visumantraege-nicht-verschleppen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    offered<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  a three-month paid internship at Reporters Without Borders\u2019 Berlin office. On 5 July they applied for visas at the German Embassy in Georgia, but despite presenting the Embassy with the complete package of required documents, the process has dragged on and on. The journalists, having fulfilled everything that was required of them, are continually met with new demands from the Embassy, including for additional documents that are neither listed on the Embassy\u2019s website nor were requested at the time the initial documents were submitted. The Embassy\u2019s actions create the impression of an unofficial rejection, prolonging the visa application process until the journalists give up. The Commissioner has so far failed to offer support.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In September last year, the German Embassy in Tbilisi<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/presse\/pressemitteilungen\/meldung\/nach-entfuehrung-aserbaidschanische-exil-journalisten-schuetzen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    rejected<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  the visa application of Leyla Mustafayeva, kidnapped journalist Afgan Mukhtarli\u2019s wife. An independent investigative journalist, Leyla Mustafayeva had been accepted to the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom\u2019s Journalists-in-Residence Programme in Leipzig, Germany. It is not a stretch to suggest that, had the Embassy issued visas for her and her family, Afgan Mukhtarli would now be safe in Leipzig rather than in a prison cell in Baku.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We at Meydan TV are encouraged to see that the German Government through its Human Rights Commissioner expresses concern for the situation of arrested journalists.\u00a0 We would welcome it even more had the Commissioner intervened on behalf of journalists who are not yet imprisoned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commissioner expresses concern, but specific actions must be taken to protect journalists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":91229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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