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On August 28, the Baku Court of Appeal rejected the appeal #against the decision of the Khatai District Court on the #arrest warrant decision of the SMDT head #AnarMammadli. This was reported by #lawyer #JavadJavadov.

It may be that today the Azerbaijani government does not need #PACE, but #Azerbaijan needs PACE for its citizens to live well and prosper. Petra Bayr Frank Schwabe #freegubad Council of Europe PACE turan.az/en/europe/send…

Human rights defender Rufat Safarov has been detained by individuals in civilian clothing. His whereabouts are currently unknown. The Ministry of Internal Affairs told Voice of America (amerikaninsesi.org/a/7885447.html) that a conflict arose between Rufat Safarov and another individual

Rufat Safarov was sentenced to 4 months pre-trial detention on charges under Articles 221.1 (hooliganism), 178.3.2 (fraud causing significant financial damage), and 127.2.3 (intentional infliction of moderate harm to health, committed in a generally dangerous manner or with

In today's municipal #elections, photos of the journalists of "#MeydanTV" who are currently in prison were placed in the ballot box.

Journalist Shamshad Aga was sentenced to 2 months and 1 day pre-trial detention. Shamshad Aga has been charged with "smuggling" in a criminal case about “Meydan TV.”

Authorities in #Georgia🇬🇪 are plunging the country into ever deeper human rights crisis, including by adopting 'foreign agents' law that could spell the end of independent civil society. They should drop the bill & respect human rights! Read Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…

EU Commission spokesperson: "The end of the Russian unprovoked and unjustified aggression in Ukraine and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces from the entire territory of Ukraine would be one of the main preconditions to amend or lift sanctions”

NEW!! U.S. can act swiftly to help Georgian citizens take back their democracy, writes Amrit Singh. “Now it’s time to take urgent further action!” Trump admin should leverage its power on GD to: ✔️stop targeting protesters ✔️withdraw proposed FARA bill ✔️ repeal repressive

JUST NOW! U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes bipartisan bill to hold Georgia's "russian dream" officials accountable after assault on Georgian democracy, violence against protestors S.868 –the “MEGOBARI Act" just passed the committee vote unamended

Tofig Yagublu will begin a #hungerstrike on April 1st (tomorrow). Tofig Yagublu issues the following statement regarding his hunger strike: "As a protest against the unjust, illegal, and immoral 9-year prison sentence imposed on me, I will begin a hunger strike on April 1st. I

U.S. Lawmakers Rally Against Russian ‘Bullying’ “This bill sends a clear message: bullies have a price to pay for their actions. Vladimir Putin and Russia must face serious consequences for their destructive and unprovoked war on Ukraine” 👇🏻 kyivpost.com/post/50021

"The Georgian Dream fast tracking another draft law to stifle NGO operations is one more step away from the democratic future the Georgian people want. Political leaders shouldn’t fear the Georgian people. Georgian civil society are fiercely independent actors." -Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

Azerbaijan: authorities should release imprisoned human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists. Read my statement 👇 coe.int/en/web/commiss…

“If you are reading this message, it means I have been arrested on trumped-up charges due to my journalistic activity,” Ulviyya Ali, 31, who was working as a reporter for the U.S. government-funded news outlet Voice of America, wrote. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

NEW!!! Democrat Senator Senator Gary Peters just became the latest co-sponsor of Lindsey Graham's bipartisan bill to impose hard-hitting russia sanctions... The bill currently has 75 supporters in the Senate...