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Alejandro Antonio Henríquez Flores
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Bilal Ghauri
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Pakistan detains journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri over commentary on security appointment
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- Alert
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- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Oct 20, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Afzal Shah Khamosh
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)
PARTNER
Kamal Isayev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Rail Abbasov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Rail Abbasov - Demand Rights at COP
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- Demand Rights at COP
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
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- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Emin Ibrahimov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Emin Ibrahimov | Former diplomat imprisoned for protesting human rights violations and criticizing the government.
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- Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Elvin Mustafayev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Aykhan Israfilov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Zahiraddin Ibrahimov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
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- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Ahmad Mukhtar
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Shamshad Agha
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan jails 21st journalist in 15 months amid intensifying media crackdown
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Nurlan Libre (Gahramanli)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Fatima Movlamli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan’s Imprisoned Women Journalists
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- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan arrests 2 more journalists in Meydan TV case
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Aysel Umudova
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Natig Javadli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Khayala Aghayeva
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Aynur Elgunesh (Gambarova)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ramin Deko (Jabrayilzade)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan brings new charges against Meydan TV, arrests another journalist
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- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Aserbaidschan: Inhaftierte brauchen dringend medizinische Versorgung
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- Amnesty International
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijani authorities detain at least 6 journalists on currency smuggling charges
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 16, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Shamo Eminov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Aziz Orujov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijani authorities charge Kanal 13 journalists Aziz Orujov and Shamo Eminov over alleged foreign donor money, order channel blocked
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Asia: Western Asia
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- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan sentences Kanal 13 director Aziz Orujov to 2 years in prison
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Asia: Western Asia
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- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Fazil Gasimov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Fazil Gasimov - Demand Rights at COP
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- Demand Rights at COP
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
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- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Ahmad Mammadli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijani journalist Ahmad Mammadli sentenced to 6 years in prison
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Farid Mehralizada
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Hafiz Babali
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Elnara Gasimova
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Nargiz Absalamova
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan: Up to nine years in prison for Sevinj Vagifgizi and her colleagues, RSF condemns outrageous sentencing
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- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Nargiz Absalamova, Hafiz Babali, and Elnara Gasimova of Abzas Media detained on money smuggling charges
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- Front Line Defenders
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
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- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Sevinc Vagifgizi (Abbasova)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
“Flood them with fans”: RSF launches solidarity campaign together with exiled Azerbaijani organizations for imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and other reporters
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- Lead by
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
October 16, 2025: Ali Zeynal Reportedly Allowed Only Glass-Barrier Meeting with Family
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- The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Ali Zeynalov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ilkin Amrahov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ramil Babayev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Elmir Abbasov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Farid Ismayilov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mushfig Jabbar
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan: outrageous sentences of up to 15 years’ imprisonment in the Toplum TV case
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- Lead by
- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 15, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Claudia Magali Munguía Matamoros
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Thelma del Rosario Montenegro Centeno
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
María Dolores Gónzalez Martínez
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Carlos Ramón Brenes Sanchez
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Carlos Ramón Brenes Sánchez - Nicas Libres Ya
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- Link
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- Nicas Libres Ya
- Countries
- Regions
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Documented by
- Date added
- Oct 14, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Mozhda Uzbek
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Demand the immediate release of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
- Link
- Petition
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- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2026
CAMPAIGN
UN experts call for immediate release of lawyers Mazari-Hazir and Chattha
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- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
- UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
- UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2026
CAMPAIGN
End the Cycle of Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
- Link
- Joint statement
- Lead by
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2026
CAMPAIGN
La Voix des Sans Voix pour les Droits de l’Homme (VSV)
PARTNER
Soufien Boukedi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mohamed Yousfi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
End the cycle of detention and judicial harassment of lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
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- Statements
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- Alliance for Lawyers at Risk (ALR)
- Article 19
- Front Line Defenders
- International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL)
- International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- International Observatory for Lawyers at Risk (OIAD)
- Lawyers for Lawyers
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH)
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Sep 30, 2026
CAMPAIGN
PECH Pisit
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Libertad para Ruth
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- Website
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- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Amnesty International
- Cristosal
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
- Countries
- Regions
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 28, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Collectif des Associations Contre l'Impunité au Togo (CACIT)
PARTNER
Comité des Familiares de Victimas de los Sucesos de Febrero-Marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)
PARTNER
Tuğba Kahraman
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Naji Fateel
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Bahrain: Human rights defender Naji Fateel re-arrested
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- Link
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- Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Bahrain: Arbitrary re-arrest and detention of human rights defender Naji Fateel
- Link
- Link
- Campaign's Picture

- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Date added
- Sep 22, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Abdallah Toubali
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mahammad Kekalov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Independent Media
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 20, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Bakhtiyar Hajiyev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ilhamiz Guliyev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijani Opposition Leader Convicted on Bogus Charges
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 20, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Igbal Abilov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Bahruz Samadov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Release student Bahruz Samadov, wrongfully imprisoned for over a year and a half
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- Scholars at Risk
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 20, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Zamin Zaki
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Asaf Ahmadov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Zabil Gahramanov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Imran Aliyev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Anar Abdullayev
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mohyaddin Orujov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Bashir Suleymanli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Namizad Safarov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ulvi Hasanli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Alasgar Mammadli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Houssin Zaoui
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Hussein Bashir Amhdour
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Rufat Safarov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Rights Defender Sentenced to 8 Years in Azerbaijan
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Afiyaddin Mammadov
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Anar Mammadli
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ulviyya Guliyeva (Ali)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mammad Alpay
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan: Lengthy sentences for Anar Mammadli and other independent voices point to the shocking scale of the crackdown on dissent
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- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan's authorities should release activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and give him full access to medical care
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- Lead by
- Council of Europe
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Release academic Igbal Abilov, wrongfully imprisoned for one year
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- Lead by
- Scholars at Risk
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Release Politically Detained Human Right Lawyer
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- Lead by
- Norwegian Helsinki Committee
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Lawyer Namizad Safarov Detained in Azerbaijan
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- Lead by
- Institute for Human Rights
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Free jailed union leaders now
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- Lead by
- Labourstart
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Release convicted human rights lawyers
- Link
- Urgent Action
- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Release convicted human rights lawyers: Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chatta
- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Date added
- Sep 18, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Salman Akhlaqi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Khadija Ahmad Zada
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Nawedullah Fetrat
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ehsan Sadat
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azerbaijan: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of prominent peace activist Bahruz Samadov
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- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan Supreme Court rejects appeal of 7 Abzas Media, RFE/RL imprisoned journalists
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- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan arrests 13th journalist over alleged international donor funding
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- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijani Election Monitor Sentenced after Unfair Trial
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: IPI demands immediate release of Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli
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- Lead by
- International Press Institute (IPI)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: CPJ condemns shocking sentences handed down in Toplum TV case
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- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Health of imprisoned government critics at risk as another political activist faces extradition threat
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- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan Uses Old Criminal Case to Ramp Up Repression
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release human rights defender Rufat Safarov
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- Lead by
- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Human rights defender Anar Mammadli is the latest victim of the intensified crackdown on civil society
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- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Human rights defender Anar Mammadli sentenced to 13 years in prison
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- Front Line Defenders
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Another Courageous Journalist Jailed in Azerbaijan
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- Lead by
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan : Serious concerns over the ill-treatment of five women journalists detained in politically motivated cases
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- Lead by
- Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF)
- Independent Lawyers Network (ILN)
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Azerbaijan: Arbitrary arrest of Bashir Suleymanli and Mammad Alpay
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- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH)
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
- Documented by
- Date added
- Sep 12, 2026
CAMPAIGN
Independent Lawyers Network (ILN)
PARTNER
Censorship by detention - 2025 report
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- Preview

- Date added
- Sep 2, 2026
REPORT
Jacques Bertrand Mang
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mohamed Bouryal
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Hamed Ahmad Sedeeqi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Abdul Qadir Hamidi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ahmad Seyam Hazim
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Besmillah Bahin
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Abdul Matin Hakimi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mexico : Liberación del defensor del bosque, Pablo López Alavez tras 15 años, 7 meses y 12 días de su detención arbitraria
CAMPAIGN
Pablo López Alavez
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mohamed Khouna Babait
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Brahim Ismaili
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mohamed Tahlil
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ahmed Sbaai
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Sultan Ali Rahimi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Bi Bi Sediqa
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Nazim Qasemi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Mehrullah Shirzad
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ahmad Mujtaba Mohammadi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Khatera Jami
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Azizullah Aziz
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