Georgia

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 13, 2025 17:40

• Russian analysts assess Aliev's harsh statements against Moscow

  The harsh rhetoric by the Azeri President, Ilham Aliev, against Russia after the AZAL plane crash will test mutual relations, but is unlikely to lead to any serious deterioration of them.

January 12, 2025 22:44

• Azerbaijani activist Gadjiev claims beating by police

  Djamil Gadjiev, an activist, claims that he was beaten up after being detained by police in Baku. A doctor diagnosed him with bruises.

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.

January 12, 2025 19:11

• Human rights defenders launch campaign to protect arrested “Meydan TV” journalists

  The “Amnesty International” human rights organization has launched a campaign demanding the release of “Meydan TV” journalists arrested in Azerbaijan. The human rights organization has called on its supporters to send letters to the President of Azerbaijan calling for the release of the journalists.

January 11, 2025 23:58

• Zaira Pirova, who ran away from home, returns to her family in Dagestan

  Zaira Pirova has returned from Georgia to Dagestan and stays with her family now, human rights defenders report. They express their hope that the girl’s relatives will keep their promises to her.

January 11, 2025 23:55

• Rights defender Safarov links his arrest with US State Department's Award

  Rufat Safarov, an Azeri human rights defender, has stated that before his arrest, he faced demands to publicly refuse the US State Department's Award.

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