by Amnesty International, the Baku Human Rights Club, the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre , the European Implementation Network , the Human Rights House Foundation, the International Partnership for Human Rights , the Legal Education Society and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee. Joint statement regarding the non-implementation of ECHR…

Baku Human Rights Club (BHRC) condemns the rocket fire on a densely populated area in the city of Ganja, resulting in death and injury of civilians. As of now, at least 10 people have been killed, 34 are wounded in the overnight attack in Ganja, the second biggest city of Azerbaijan situated 360 km away…

Baku Human Rights Club (BHRC) Public Union evaluated the appeal received and decided to join the defense of the rights of citizen Suleymanov Ilkin Ibrahim oglu. Ilkin Suleymanov, a resident of Dondar Gushchu village, Tovuz district, is accused of killing 10-year-old Guliyeva Narmin Sharif gizi, a resident of the same village. Ilkin Suleymanov is charged…

This briefing paper was prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and the Human Rights Club (HRC). It provides an overview of current key issues with respect to freedom of association, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression and the media, the protection of the legal…

International Partnership for Human Rights, Global Diligence LLP, Truth Hounds and Human Rights Club hereby present their new report: “Azerbaijani government crackdown in Ganja: extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and unlawful restrictions on the freedom of assembly”. The aim of this report is to provide impartial documentation and analysis of the gross human rights violations perpetrated by Azerbaijani authorities in…

As a co-signatory of an open letter to the Presidium of the Azerbaijani Bar Association, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the disproportionate disciplinary measures taken against Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Shahla Humbatova. The letter, co-signed by prominent international human rights organisations Civil Rights Defenders, Freedom House, the International Partnership for Human Rights and Lawyers for Lawyers, calls for the Azerbaijani…