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Tofiq Yaqublu Imprisoned Azerbaijani opposition politician Tofiq Yaqublu has reported severe power and water outages at his correctional facility during extreme summer temperatures, according to his family. His daughter, Nigar Hazi, shared the details on social media on 27 July, stating that Prison No. 17 has had electricity for only one or two hours a day over the past week. She said temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) have caused food in refrigerators to spoil, leaving inmates unable to bathe...

A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced nine journalists and democracy activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison on charges including currency smuggling and money laundering. The Baku Serious Crimes Court handed down the combined 121-year prison terms on 27 July following a trial that rights groups and international press freedom organisations have condemned as politically motivated. The defendants, who are linked to the independent online broadcaster Toplum TV, the Institute for Democratic...

At least 10 people have been arrested in Tbilisi as pro-European demonstrations in Georgia reached their 606th consecutive day. Police detained the activists outside the city's municipal council on Freedom Square after they displayed placards insulting Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said the demonstrators faced administrative charges of petty hooliganism and disobeying lawful police demands. "They held...