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Home > Publications > Human rights defenders clampdown in Azerbaijan – letter to Commissioner Fule asking to support civil society

Human rights defenders clampdown in Azerbaijan – letter to Commissioner Fule asking to support civil society

Human rights defenders clampdown in Azerbaijan – letter to Commissioner Fule asking to support civil society

Advocacy letter    |    18 July 2014

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The letter asks EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Stefan Fule to put pressure on the Azeri authorities and support and protect civil society that faces an escalating suppression. Last week more than 20 NGOs were confronted with sanctions that included freezing bank accounts and seizing personal accounts of NGO executives and others. This is a continuation of the government’s on-going harassment campaign against human rights defenders that uses tactics like police summons, arrests, propaganda, and slandering and threating organisations with closure.

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Theme: Social & economic impacts

Location: Azerbaijan

Tags: Azerbaijan | human rights

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