Georgian Dream rolled out new series of restrictions, extending scope of "grants" needing government approval, introducing jail sentences for grants-related offences, announcing bans on party membership, and criminalizing "external lobbying," among others:
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"In Azerbaijan, research is a risky activity, and it is deemed high treason. This is what happened to Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov.β
Watch the European Parliament discussion on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan (started at 20:26):
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Dark blue website banner with the headline βThe European Parliament Must Continue to Act on Azerbaijanβ in large gold text. Below, a short introductory paragraph refers to a deepening human rights crisis in Azerbaijan, noting more than 400 political prisoners and the need for a new European Parliament resolution. A red βRead Moreβ button appears centred beneath the text.
The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week πͺπΊβοΈπ¦πΏ
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEASβ engagement with Azerbaijan.
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Peace Control: The Authoritarian Illusion of Stability in Azerbaijan
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A new report tracks and documents how the European Union is trading away its principles for energy and connectivity with Azerbaijan
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@endrepression-az.org
Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli & his advisor Mammad Ibrahim have been sentenced to 2.5 months pretrial detention over "attempting to violently seize power" - with no credible evidence. Done by the EU-emboldened regime hostile to its own society. www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/69982
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1/ According to a BBC investigation, a toxic compound used in World War I, βcamite,β was used to disperse demonstrators at protests in Georgia in NovemberβDecember 2024. It was mixed with the water used in the cannons.
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Washinton Post reporting on the arrest of Ali Karimli: www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
30.11.2025 12:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It is day 2 of detention of Azerbaijan's main opposition leader Ali Karimli by security services. He is reportedly charged with attempting to violently seize power. Officials & media push narrative of his links to Russia, presumably to get societal & Western acquiescence for crackdown on the party.
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Reuters report on the detention of Ali Karimli, leader of Azerbaijanβs single largest opposition party Popular Front:
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Letβs see which EU country will be the first to reward it by another energy contract.
29.11.2025 12:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Azerbaijan arrests main opposition leader Ali Karimli, his advisor Mammad Ibrahim and several other associates. This will effectively end any non-systemic opposition presence in the country, following total eradication of independent media & civic organizations. Towards full-fledged totalitarianism.
29.11.2025 12:57 β π 18 π 11 π¬ 2 π 0Azerbaijan isnβt just silencing critics at home β itβs reaching abroad. Exiled journalists, analysts & activists are being targeted with arrest warrants and trumped-up charges. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... Baku should #StopTransnationalRepression, says @hrw
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Azerbaijanβs presidential website has briefly published, then quietly removed, a detailed regulation outlining how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data on citizens and residents through a new centralised system.
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Caucasus Barometer has always been the most reliable and freely accessible public opinion data source for the South Caucasus. Now, CRRC-Georgia needs our support to continue doing this critically important work. I encourage everyone to donate: gogetfunding.com/democracy-ne...
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β Georgiaβs self-avowed liberals undermine themselves by justifying Israeli war crimes. - Opinion by Tazo Sozashvili.
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NEW!!! Senator Shaheen Staff Hand-Delivers Letters to Detained Journalists and Lawyer in Azerbaijan
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ΎοΈ Opinion: Azerbaijan should align its actions to its commitment to peace β free Bahruz Samadov now.
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via @ralexdc.bsky.social
From Conflict to Commerce: βTrump Routeβ to Link Azerbaijan, Armenia in New Peace Deal
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- Azerbaijan and Armenia will declare exiting OSCE Minsk Group
- both AZ and ARM will sign bilateral documents with the US to advance relations
- contentious issues (prisoners in Baku, Armenian constitution) will be left to next stages
- Trump admin worked on these agreements since late February.
at tomorrowβs US-Azerbaijan-Armenia summit in Washington DC:
- the sides will announce agreement on βTrump Route for International Peace and Prosperityβ (TRIPP) with American βcommercialβ involvement
- Aliyev & Pashinyan will sign joint declaration detailing concrete pathway for final peace
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Even in prison, @ulviyyaali.bsky.social doesn't stop doing journalism. Here is her interview with Bahruz Samadov. medium.com/@cavidaga/ul...
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Putin: βIβve already said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours. β¦ We have this old rule, that wherever a Russian steps foot β thatβs our territory.β
Whatever this is, itβs not a president preparing his people for compromise.
Among those sentenced today is a very good friend of mine, Farid Mehralizada, who was not connected to Abzas but was inserted into the case just for being the finest and most vocally critical economy analyst in the country. Here is his final speech at the trial: freefarid.info/f%c9%99rid-m...
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The authorities tried geopoliticizing repressions by propagating conspiracies over connections of media outlets to Western funding agencies. Real purpose, however, was cementing dictatorial rule, with no room for critical activity that was hitherto tolerated.
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The Abzas case marked the outset of havoc on the independent media ecosystem in Azerbaijan: subsequently, all other independent outlets - MeydanTV, ToplumTV, Kanal 13 and Turan Agency - became targets of heavy repression, with over 25 editors/journalists arrested, combined, in less than two years.
20.06.2025 15:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Following 1.5 years of sham, vindictive investigations & trials, Abzas Media managers & journalists have today been sentenced to 7-9 years in prison. The fabricated charges are smuggling & tax evasion, but this severe punishment is unleashed for Abzas team's courage to uncover grand corruption.
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THREAD: The ongoing severe repression in Azerbaijan has slipped behind all the regional headlines, but it should not remain unnoticed. The Abzas Case marked a tipping point in the Aliyev government's determination to extinguish all independent media.
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β BREAKING: The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has handed out sentences of between 7-9 years in prison to the management and journalists of Abzas Media, one of the last independent Azerbaijan news sites operating in the country.
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