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'AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL' ALARMED BY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN AZERBAIJAN
Panorama
Nov 16 2011
Armenia
Amnesty International has urged the world community to act over
continuing human rights violations in Azerbaijan, "Radio Liberty"
Azerbaijani service said.
The human rights group released a report which targets harassments
against opposition and social activists, violation against journalists.
In its report The Spring That Never Blossomed: Freedoms Suppressed
in Azerbaijan, Amnesty details what it calls "a wave of intimidation
and arrests" after mass street protests in the former Soviet republic
in March and April.
It says that 14 activists and members of opposition political parties
have since been convicted on charges of "organising public disorder".
In all, the rights groups says it considers 17 convicted people to
be prisoners of conscience.
Amnesty also blames the government in Baku for banning public protests,
harassing independent bloggers and using criminal and civil defamation
charges to silence critical media.
Panorama
Nov 16 2011
Armenia
Amnesty International has urged the world community to act over
continuing human rights violations in Azerbaijan, "Radio Liberty"
Azerbaijani service said.
The human rights group released a report which targets harassments
against opposition and social activists, violation against journalists.
In its report The Spring That Never Blossomed: Freedoms Suppressed
in Azerbaijan, Amnesty details what it calls "a wave of intimidation
and arrests" after mass street protests in the former Soviet republic
in March and April.
It says that 14 activists and members of opposition political parties
have since been convicted on charges of "organising public disorder".
In all, the rights groups says it considers 17 convicted people to
be prisoners of conscience.
Amnesty also blames the government in Baku for banning public protests,
harassing independent bloggers and using criminal and civil defamation
charges to silence critical media.