Sport for Rights

An international campaign drawing attention to the unprecedented human rights crackdown taking place in #Azerbaijan.

[Sport for Rights @SportForRights]

Joint @SportForRights Statement - #Azerbaijan: Renewed Human Rights Crackdown Ahead of Referendum https://t.co/2InYErFJDr

[ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe]

#Azerbaijan - Open Governance Partnership delays reinstatement, citing concerns abotu restrictions on civil society https://t.co/vvRyRBHYej

[@IRFS_ORG @IRFS_ORG]

After nearly a year in detention the editor of jam.az is being sentenced to 7 yes in prison and 2-yr journo ban. https://t.co/NxWhOZUYti

[Human Rights House Foundation @HRHFoundation]

NGOs appeal to @INTERPOL_HQ : prevent misuse of alerts against Leyla and Arif Yunus https://t.co/4boA2hn3o0 #Azerbaijan

[Az Free Expression @AZfreeXpression]

Joint letter to Prime Minister of #Georgia - protect Azerbaijani dissidents in line with international committments https://t.co/HdV6AkxpjY

[Sport for Rights @SportForRights]

Little cause for celebration on #WorldPressFreedomDay in #Azerbaijan https://t.co/WG3FZ5Y6o4 #FreeMehman and all jailed journalists!

[@IRFS_ORG @IRFS_ORG]

The full court report. "If the courts treat well-known people like this imagine how the have-nots are treated https://t.co/GFQb8nzYB5

[Sport for Rights @SportForRights]

https://t.co/HmujbKzItO blocked in Azerbaijan (again), but they're up and running again at a new location https://t.co/mBVn5VsVHU @Qur1um

[ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe]

Caviar Diplomacy @Tagesspiegel suggests #Azerbaijan created offshore account network, possibly to bribe PACE members https://t.co/Vix7koP4aU

[IFEX @IFEX]

Journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s appeal to have travel ban lifted denied by supreme court https://t.co/bLbCWaCmix @arzugeybulla @pen_int

[Thomas de Waal @Tom_deWaal]

Azerbaijan, quitting transparency watchdog EITI, chooses order over audit. My piece for @Carnegie_Europe today. https://t.co/2nhQkd0IlU

[Human Rights House Foundation @HRHFoundation]

Even after release, independent journalists are not able to work legally in #Azerbaijan says @Khadija_Ismayil

[Khadija Ismayilova @Khadija_Ismayil]

Starts in 5 min: Will be speaking in side event of UN Human Rights Council's 34th session on Azerbaijan human... https://t.co/x7S7c72ZKb

[Sport for Rights @SportForRights]

Conviction of popular blogger Mehman Huseynov is "nothing but a mockery of justice" @gulya_akhundova @forfreemedia https://t.co/UQjJQpCIy1

[Human Rights House Foundation @HRHFoundation]

Mehman Huseynov sentenced two years’ imprisonment for complaining about being #tortured by police #FreeMehman https://t.co/Arv8ilFmOH

[Stefan Schennach @stefanschennach]

#Pace #azerbaidjan as co-rapporteur i'm realy deeply worried, that the young blogger Mehman #Huseynow was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment

[Commissioner for Human Rights @CommissionerHR]

2 yr sentence vs Mehman Huseynov in defamation case in #Azerbaijan is appalling. Repression of critical voices must stop & he shld be free.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Azerbaijan can't silence exiled dissident so it rounds up 12 of his relatives including (dangerous) 2-year-old niece https://t.co/vT4O8gOpqj

[Sport for Rights @SportForRights]

.@HRW @forfreemedia @article19europe call on @EITIorg Board to suspend #Azerbaijan until CSOs can participate https://t.co/1Dp1p0ZCV3