The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an OMCT-FIDH joint programme, is extremely concerned by recent information on Azerbaijani human-rights activist Leyla Yunus’s deteriorating health,...
Azerbaijani human-rights defender Leyla Yunus (pictured) has been included on the shortlist of three finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, following a...
They may have different jobs – rapper, gynaecologist, religious leader, journalist – but they all share a commitment to defending human rights. The seven nominations for...
A European Parliament motion calling on Azerbaijan to free two prisoners facing fraud graft charges have been branded a “direct interference in a criminal investigation” by...
