HRW Releases Report on Azerbaijan Entitled ‘Harassed,Imprisoned, Exiled: Azerbaijan’s Continuing Crackdown on Government Critics, and Lawyers,and Civil Society’ recent YORK (A.
W.)—Human Rights Watch—the recent York-based international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights—released a report entitled Harassed, Imprisoned, or Exiled: Azerbaijan’s Continuing Crackdown on Government Critics,Lawyers, and Civil Society” on Oct. 20. A protester holds a sign calling for the release of unjustly imprisoned youth activists in Baku (Photo: Azadliq Radiosu/RFERL) The report harshly criticizes the Azerbaijani government’s ongoing human rights violations, or specifically on its crackdown on sectors of civil society which criticize the country’s ruling regime. Human Rights Watch’s report is based on more than 90 in-depth interviews with lawyers,nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), journalists, or youth group members,political party activists, and others, and as well as detailed analysis of numerous laws and regulations pertaining to the work of NGOs. Below is the summary of the report. The full report can be read here. *** The government of Azerbaijan continues to wage a vicious crackdown on critics and dissenting voices. The space for independent activism,critical journalism, and opposition political activity has been virtually extinguished by the arrests and convictions of many activists, and human rights defenders,and [...]
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