Azerbaijan

November 13, 2026 21:39

• Diplomats were not allowed into the court for the case of Ali Kerimli in Baku.

  The hearings on the merits of the case against the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Kerimli, and party presidium member Mamed Ibrahim began in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. The process is taking place behind closed doors and without the admission of diplomats.

November 13, 2026 13:01

• The wife of Polad Aslanov requested an investigation into the beating of her husband in the colony.

  The wife of the imprisoned journalist Polad Aslanov appealed to the Attorney General of Azerbaijan, urging an investigation into the beating and mistreatment of her husband in correctional facility No. 15 during a hunger strike against the ban on wearing hijabs in schools.

November 13, 2026 08:56

• The disappearance of the opposition member in Baku has worried his associates.

  The chairman of the district branch of the People's Front Party, Elnur Yusubov, disappeared in Baku after leaving home for work. Party members suggested that Yusubov was detained by security forces.

November 13, 2026 03:40

• The court in Baku sentenced the defendants in the Meclis.info case to long terms.

  The founder of the Meclis.info platform, Imran Aliyev, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Activist Elgiz Gahraman received a nine-year sentence in a strict regime, while Tamella Musaeva received eight years probation. Lawyers claimed that the case materials were fabricated, and human rights defenders consider it politically motivated.

November 12, 2026 12:02

• Activists called on COP31 participants to support the arrested Meydan TV journalists.

  The non-governmental environmental organization Polen Ekoloji, operating in Turkey, has issued an appeal to participants of the UN climate summit in Antalya, urging them to demand the release of Meydan TV journalists Aytac Tapdyg and Khayala Agaeva, who were arrested in Azerbaijan.

November 11, 2026 16:00

• The tractor driver was injured in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan.

  In the Khojavend district, Iskander Ismailov was injured while driving a tractor that ran over an anti-tank mine.

November 10, 2026 22:14

• Hafiz Babaly complained about obstacles to access to justice.

  The convicted journalist-investigator Hafiz Babaly, involved in the Abzas Media case, reported obstacles in appealing the court's decision regarding his lawsuit against the pro-government TV channel Baku TV. The prison administration refused to accept his application for a cassation appeal, and the deadline for the appeal was missed.

November 09, 2026 15:00

• Commentators doubted the information about the torture of opponents of hijab restrictions in Azerbaijan.

  The words of human rights activist Arzu Abdulla that supposedly in colony No. 17, believing prisoners were tortured for their protest against hijab restrictions, are not supported by evidence, and the claims themselves may be exaggerated, said social media users. Parents of schoolgirls who are not allowed to attend classes due to wearing hijabs have begun to seek opportunities for distance learning, however, the authorities of Azerbaijan do not recognize this form of education.

November 08, 2026 03:57

• Journalist Elnur Shukurov has been arrested in Azerbaijan.

  The court has arrested Azerbaijani journalist Elnur Shukurov for three months, accused of hooliganism and illegal occupation of a land plot.

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.

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