On the 10th of February two CSF Steering Committee members Jeff Lovitt and Leila Alieva participated in the Euronest Standing Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy that meets twice a year, consisting of European Parliament delegation and the Eastern European Partners' (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) delegations. The speakers from European External Action Service (Gunnar Wiegand) and the European Commission (Michael Koehler) talked about the prospect of the Eastern Partnership until the 2015 Summit in Riga and the European Neighborhood Instrument for 2014-2020. Jeff...


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The situation with democratic freedom in Azerbaijan, especially a freedom of assembly was the main subject of the conference on “ Role of Freedom of Assembly in Civic Activism, Political Pluralism and European Integration”, held by the Center for National and International Studies with the financial support of the World Alliance for Citizen Participation CIVICUS (South Africa), at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on November 1, 2011. The conference brought together prominent human rights activists, lawyers and defenders, political parties, NGOs, journalists and international organizations. The event...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Aliyev's regime has established torture laboratories where human rights abuses take place, including the killing of individuals, subjecting detainees to electric shocks, coercing prisoners under torture to provide false testimony against themselves, mass arrests of Islamic believers on false drug charges, persecution of activists, restrictions on freedom of assembly, election fraud, and exploitation of the pandemic for political purposes, as well as the degradation of citizens' dignity by law enforcement agencies...” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms On...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The international community, particularly the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE, should advocate for human rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan in every high-level discussion with Azerbaijani authorities…”   (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms Imran Aliyev, the director of the "Meclis.info" website, was apprehended at Heydar Aliyev International Airport on the evening of April 18th. Aliyev himself provided this information. He stated that he was detained while awaiting a flight and was handed...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “The Heydar Aliyev dynasty is a curse upon Azerbaijan. It has deprived the country of all the normal foundations necessary for its development…” (Lack of) Human Rights and Freedoms 'If only the system he [Heydar Aliyev] created had disappeared once he was gone. The Heydar Aliyev dynasty is a curse upon Azerbaijan. It has deprived the country of all the normal foundations necessary for its development.” These words were said in an article by the late journalist Elmar Huseynov. Huseynov, a brave critic of the ruling Aliyevs family, was assassinated 19 years...


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