Politics

January 22, 2025 23:09

• “Reporters Without Borders”: repression against journalists in Azerbaijan increases

  Ahead of the trial in a case against journalists of the “Abzas Media” online publication, the “Reporters Without Borders” human rights organization called on to release employees of independent media outlets arrested in Azerbaijan.

January 20, 2025 23:56

• Azerbaijani journalists consider French colleagues’ invitation to cooperate a provocation

  Three independent Azerbaijani journalists received emails with offers of cooperation signed by their French colleagues. The Azerbaijani journalists believe that those messages were sent by local law enforcers in attempts to get a pretext to institute criminal cases of espionage.

January 20, 2025 20:40

• Tbilisi marchers demand lifting ban on using masks

  Activists in masks who protest against the ban on covering faces during protest actions have joined the Georgians who gathered outside the parliament demanding to go on with the country's European integration and new elections.

January 18, 2025 20:38

• In Tbilisi, march participants demand to release Mziya Amaglobeli

  On the 50th day of protests against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration, activists demanded to provide them with airtime on the “Georgian Public Broadcaster” Radio and TV Company to talk about the circumstances of the detention and arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications.

January 17, 2025 23:18

• Human rights defenders point to political motives for founder of Georgian opposition media Amaglobeli’s arrest

  The “Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” (GYLA) non-governmental organization (NGO) has called the arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” online publications, politically motivated.

January 16, 2025 20:09

• Azeri rights defenders note increased repressions in their country

  In 2024, Azerbaijan saw increased repressions against journalists, human rights defenders and believers; and the number of political prisoners increased sharply. The police began using harsher measures in conducting repressions.

January 15, 2025 22:53

• Kadyrov’s action results in demographic phenomenon

  Ramzan Kadyrov instructed the republic’s authorities to pay 500,000 roubles to parents of each boy born on December 31 and named in honour of national heroes. At the same time, it turned out that on the day of the action, four times more boys were unexpectedly born in the republic than on other days.

January 15, 2025 21:57

• Rights defenders call for immediate release of detained Georgian protesters

  The Amnesty International (AI) human rights organization has stated that all those detained in Georgia for peacefully exercising their rights to the freedom of speech and assembly must be immediately released.

January 15, 2025 21:40

• Karabakh NGOs demand to release Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan

  Karabakh nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party have appealed to Armenian authorities and the international community with a demand to protect the rights of the Armenian prisoners of war kept in Azerbaijan and take measures for the release of them.

January 12, 2025 22:41

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to provide information on Armenian POWs

  By the end of this January, Azerbaijan shall provide detailed information on the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept in custody. This was stated by Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the Armenian official on international legal issues.

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