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Alisher Makhsudov Alisher Makhsudov, a 22-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, has appealed a 14-year prison sentence handed down by the...

In early June 2025, Azerbaijani courts issued multiple arrest warrants in absentia for a growing number of bloggers and journalists...

Azercell logo On June 2, Azercell announced a sweeping change to its prepaid tariff structure—cutting the active‐period of mobile numbers...

Elvin Mustafayev Elvin Mustafayev, a member of the “Workers’ Desk” Confederation of Trade Unions, remains in solitary confinement amid...

Umida Bekchanova Turkmen Government Intensifies Harassment of Exiled Activists and Their Families In recent months, Turkmen authorities...

Nika Melia On May 29–30, 2025, opposition figure Nika Melia —co-chair of the Ahali party and a leader of the Coalition for Change —was...

Prison On June 1, 2025, a roof collapse at Penal Institution No. 12, located in the Gizildash settlement of Baku’s Garadagh district,...

Elgun Ibrahimov More than 50 people were reportedly detained during a peaceful protest in the Azerbaijani capital on June 1, as...

Azerbaijan’s authorities have stepped up legal pressure on government critics living in exile, issuing arrest warrants and criminal...

Since late December 2024, Kazakhstan’s most celebrated ultramarathoner turned opposition activist, Marat Zhylanbayev , has been on a...

Nika Melia of Coalition for Change addresses crowd at October 28 rally; Photo: Guram Muradov/Civil.ge Georgian authorities have arrested...

Three young men, standing side by side behind window bars of a modest apartment in Baku, each wearing casual clothes and holding a...

Rufat Safarov Lead: On May 31, 2025, the Binagadi District Court once again extended the pretrial detention of prominent human rights...

Foto: Bayerischer Rundfunk Former German Bundestag member Eduard Lintner stood before the Munich Higher Regional Court and acknowledged...

Ruslan Izzatli Lead/Introduction On May 25, 2020, Ruslan Izzatli , chairman of the D18 Movement, was abruptly conscripted into military...

Ali Karimli Lead / Introduction Over the past year, Azerbaijan’s Popular Front Party (AXCP) chairman, Ali Karimli, has faced a series of...

The logo of Georgia's Anti-Corruption Bureau. Georgia’s government has launched a public hotline and email system to report alleged...

Araz Musaev Six suspects have been detained in connection with the attack—one of them in Russia. During the IFMA U23 Elite Senior Muay...

Farid Mehralizade One year after his arrest on May 30, 2024, economist-journalist Farid Mehralizade remains detained on politically...

Aykhan Israfilov The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Azerbaijani government violated the right to liberty of...