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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Azerbaijan: Increased repression of fundamental freedoms leads to ...
31 October 2012

In this submission, Amnesty International assesses the implementation of a number of recommendations that Azerbaijan supported during its previous Universal Periodic ...

Document       EUR 55/021/2012

Azerbaijan: Human rights abuses placed under the e-spotlight
29 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA BRIEFING AI index: EUR 55/018/2012 29 October 2012. AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES PLACED UNDER THE ...

PressItem       EUR 55/018/2012

Azerbaijan under the limelight
29 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY AI index: EUR 55/019/2012 29 October 2012. Azerbaijan under the limelight Azerbaijan is hosting ...

PressItem       EUR 55/019/2012

Azerbaijan must end crackdown on peaceful protest following latest ...
22 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: EUR 55/017/2012. 22 October 2012. Azerbaijan must end crackdown on peaceful protest ...

Public Statement       EUR 55/017/2012

Why Rihanna and Shakira should think twice before performing in ...
5 October 2012

Top-selling artists Rihanna and Shakira should bear in mind the human rights abuses being inflicted on the people of Azerbaijan before they perform there.

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Azerbaijan: Youth activist charged and detained: Zaur Gurbanli
2 October 2012

On 29 September, opposition youth activist Zaur Gurbanli was detained in Baku, Azerbaijan by authorities from Azerbaijan's Anti-Organized Crimes Unit. He was given ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/016/2012

Azerbaijan detains youth activist in ongoing post-Eurovision ...
1 October 2012

Another Azerbaijani youth activist has been detained as part of a post-Eurovision crackdown on dissent.

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Azerbaijan: Government sends dangerous message on ethnically ...
6 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 55/ 015/2012. 6 September 2012. Azerbaijan: Government sends dangerous message ...

Document       EUR 55/015/2012

Azerbaijan: Azeri activist: charges must be dropped: Mehman ...
14 June 2012

Pro-democracy activist Mehman Huseynov is facing up to five years in jail on charges of “hooliganism”, despite eyewitnesses contradicting police claims that he ...

Urgent Action       EUR 55/013/2012

Amnesty International | Azerbaijan retaliates against Eurovision ...
14 June 2012

Bogus 'hooliganism' charges brought Wednesday against a 23-year-old video blogger, photojournalist and pro-democracy activist in the capital Baku must be dropped ...

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