Azerbaijan

November 07, 2026 17:00

• Babaly faced a refusal to receive medications in the colony.

  Investigative journalist Hafiz Babaly, convicted in the Abzas Media case, has not received his prescribed medications in correctional facility No. 2 for a month and a half. The administration of the medical unit explains the interruptions in medication distribution by an unfinished tender for their procurement. The lack of medications violates the rights of the inmate, as providing necessary medications is the state's obligation, noted the human rights defender.

November 07, 2026 07:57

• The relative of the Azerbaijani oppositionist faced pressure from security forces.

  The nephew of oppositionist Jamil Gasanli, detained by security forces in Azerbaijan, was beaten after refusing to publicly speak out against his uncle and the leader of the Popular Front Party, Ali Kerimli.

November 07, 2026 00:23

• The human rights activist reported on the torture of believing prisoners in Azerbaijan.

  Believing prisoners in Azerbaijani colony No. 17, who went on hunger strike due to the ban on hijabs in schools, were subjected to torture, said human rights activist Arzu Abdulla. According to her, participants in the action were beaten to unconsciousness in the punishment cell and threatened with an extension of their sentences by eight years.

November 06, 2026 17:13

• Four Azerbaijanis were fined in Moscow for a rally against the hijab ban.

  The court fined each of the four Azerbaijanis 10,000 rubles who participated in a rally against the hijab ban in schools near the Azerbaijani embassy in Moscow at the end of October.

November 06, 2026 12:57

• Kerimli received the Magnitsky Prize amid criminal prosecution.

  The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Kerimli, has been awarded the Magnitsky Prize. The human rights organization called for international monitoring of the trial against him, expressing concern over the closed nature of the proceedings and the conditions of Kerimli's detention.

November 06, 2026 07:03

• The prosecutor demanded that Bashir Suleymanly be sentenced to a lengthy term.

  The prosecutor asked the court in Baku to sentence Bashir Suleymanly, the head of the Institute of Civil Rights, to nine years in prison, accused in the case of Western grants for NGOs.

November 06, 2026 01:27

• Polad Aslanov needed treatment after the hunger strike.

  After a 20-day hunger strike, Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov is experiencing new health problems and cannot eat prison food. His 13-year-old daughter has not attended school for the fourth week, as she refuses to remove her hijab.

November 04, 2026 19:57

• A resident of Baku was arrested after protesting against the school dress code.

  The court in Baku sentenced Shahin Abdulov to 15 days of arrest for speaking out on social media against the ban on wearing hijabs in schools.

November 04, 2026 05:13

• Baku declared 14 citizens of Iran undesirable persons.

  Azerbaijan accused 14 citizens of Iran, including members of parliament, of inciting hostility and calling for a violent change of power, declared them persona non grata, and banned their entry into the country.

November 04, 2026 02:16

• The court removed Sadigov from the proceedings after comments about a political order for his arrest.

  At the very beginning of the substantive hearing of the case of Afghan Sadigov, the judge ordered the journalist to be removed from the courtroom for a "political statement." Sadigov's lawyer stated that his right to defense was violated.

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