Abroad, like at home…
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Infographic titled “Human Rights at Stake: Top 10 Human Rights Trends” on a green background. Ten white line icons with short labels: protracted wars and civilian harm; security first, human rights sidelined; multilateral legitimacy crisis; eroding human rights leadership; far-right normalisation and welfare capture; gender backlash and rollback of women’s and LGBTQ rights; closing civic space to consolidate power; defenders delegitimised, including in exile; environmental rights eroded, defenders targeted; information integrity under pressure: AI and disinformation. Human Rights Compass logo appears at the bottom right.
⚖️ Human Rights At Stake ⚖️
Mapped by 120+ human rights defenders and experts as the global realignment hardens into a fractured order, and civic space, equality, and accountability come under pressure
➡️10 Global Human Rights Trends humanrightscompass.org#kpg_17808
Ali Karimli has now been in detention for 75 days.
A court has prolonged his pre-trial detention.
➡️ Use and share our portrait image to show solidarity with him and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan: free-anar.site/political-pr... ✊🇦🇿
Unlawfully detained, woman journalist Aysel Umudova faces sexual violence. she has reported being subjected to sexual harassment, degrading conditions of detention, intimidation and coercion.
We call for her immediate and unconditional release.
🔗 free-anar.site/unlawfully-d...
Today in Baku, another hearing took place in the trial of human rights defender Anar Mammadli. All the theatre of justice is there, except justice itself.
Anar Mammadli should be released immediately and unconditionally.
#FreeAnar
Unlawfully detained, woman journalist Ulviyya Ali Guliyeva faces sexual violence.
We call for her immediate and unconditional release.
🔗 free-anar.site/unlawfully-d...
Continued deterioration of Azerbaijan’s poor human rights record, documented by @hrw.org in its annual report 🇦🇿
The government intensified its crackdown on media, political opponents, civil society, silencing dissent, further entrenching a climate of fear.
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We joined NGOs to denounce sexual harassment, rape threats, ill-treatment against jailed Azerbaijani women journalists Aysel Umudova and Ulviyya Guliyeva ⚠️
We call for their release; ind't investigations and accountability; access to adequate medical care 🇦🇿⚖️
🔗 free-anar.site/unlawfully-d...
After joining Board of Peace, with reports of a $1bn buy-in, Azerbaijan is already diverging from Donald Trump on Iran protests 🇦🇿🇺🇸
Baku wants calm next door; it would not want people in Azerbaijan inspired by brave Iranians protesting repression ⚡️
Peace activist, PhD candidate Bahruz Samadov to be moved to the high-security Umbaki prison 🇦🇿
He should not be transferred. He should not be in prison. He asked internationals to attend the hearing ⚠️
📆 29 January 2026
📍 Baku Court of Appeal
➡️ free-anar.site/political-pr...
Denying medical aid to political prisoners is a continued practice in Azerbaijan 🏥🇦🇿
➡️ @amnesty.org's call for urgent action on the case of 12 journalists from @meydantv.bsky.social and affiliated media denied urgently needed medical care: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Human rights defenders call on the Council of Europe to respond to the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan: @pace.coe.int should launch joint complementary procedure, via Caucasian Knot
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/72211
Screenshot of a website banner on a dark blue background. Large beige headline reads “The Council of Europe must act on Azerbaijan; launch the Joint Complementary Procedure”. Below is a short excerpt and a red “Read More” button.
Azerbaijan has spent a decade disregarding the Council of Europe’s judgments ⚖️
PACE should protect the Convention system by launching a Joint Complementary Procedure 🔍
➡️ Our analysis: free-anar.site/the-council-...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that he is proud that Donald Trump treats him "like a friend.”
Aliyev’s Azerbaijan is paying USD 1 billion to join Trump’s Board of Peace. Buying international recognition is what Aliyev’s system knows best 💰
➡️ Join us today to discuss how to stop the international community trading away its principles ⚖️🇦🇿 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cffd72...
President Aliyev on @euronews.com, 20 Jan 2026: Azerbaijan ends cooperation with EP and PACE 🇪🇺⚠️🇦🇿 He says the European Commission is enough.
The Commission shouldn't accept to be the only channel & must tie energy and trade talks to releases and civic space 🛢️⚠️⚖️
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Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: Europe Needs to Act
Repression deepens, civic space disappears, Europe’s energy-first approach no longer sustainable
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Join our discussion
📆 Wed. 21 January, 15.00-16.00 CET
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Two more officials sanctioned for human rights violations in Russia: Judge D. Gordeev & Prosecutor L. Balandina.
Yet @consilium.europa.eu remains silent on systemic repression of journalists, human rights defenders, opposition in Azerbaijan 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
Double standards weaken credibility 📉
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Dark blue website banner with the headline “European Parliament Adopts New Resolution on Azerbaijan” in large gold text. Below, a short excerpt explains that the resolution reinforces calls for conditionality and accountability and refers to the condemnation of arbitrary arrests of Azerbaijani scholars. A red “Read More” button appears centred beneath the text.
The European Parliament adopted a new resolution on Azerbaijan 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
It names emblematic cases, condemns the misuse of criminal law, calls for the release of political prisoners, and links EU cooperation to real human rights progress.
🔗 free-anar.site/european-par...
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How the EU trades away principles: Our report documents how EU-Azerbaijan relations prioritise energy and trade, whilst human rights and the rule of law are sidelined.
🔗 Read the full analysis free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
EU–Azerbaijan relations in three chapters 🇪🇺🎥🇦🇿
1️⃣ Azerbaijan is framed as a “reliable energy partner” and key economic actor
2️⃣ Human rights follow later, reduced to vague calls
3️⃣ The EU speaks in dissonance; the Commission praises Parliament instead of acting
Azerbaijan's rolling out a centralised surveillance platform, MİRAS⚖️🔒
@ggogia.bsky.social highlights risks of serious privacy abuses. It gives security services broad access to personal data with no oversight or clear limits.
🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Dark blue website banner with the headline “The European Parliament Must Continue to Act on Azerbaijan” 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 “Read More” button appears centred beneath the text.
The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
As foreseen by international standards, including @coe Azerbaijan has ratified to, all prison deaths must be investigated, whether ruled as suicide or not.
Individuals in detention are at the hands of the state.
➡️ Check out @PenalReformInt guide www.penalreform.org/resource/inv...
Elbayi Karimli was allegedly found dead in his prison cell 💔
23 at the time of his arrest for having sprayed “Stalin” on a statute of Heydar Aliyev, he was found dead on 12 December (date of death of the former president).
We call for a prompt, independent investigation.
We express our warm solidarity with our friends from Belarus, including human rights defender Alex Bialiatski, released today ❤️🤍❤️
Too many others remain behind bars #FreeThemAll
@freeviasna.org
Hesabat: "Aİ Azərbaycanla dəyərlərə deyil, maraqlara əsaslanan münasibətə keçdi"
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Graphic with a blue background featuring a large yellow quotation from Anar Mammadli. The quote begins: “On International Human Rights Day, I wish perseverance and loyalty to everybody who works for civil rights and minorities in Azerbaijan…” Below is a longer paragraph from his letter describing the civil and political rights crisis in Azerbaijan and the absence of rule of law and pluralism. At the bottom, there is a stylised portrait of Anar Mammadli in red and blue with the text: “Anar Mammadli, Letter from prison, 10 December 2025.” Decorative quotation marks appear at the top left and bottom right
A letter from prison by Anar Mammadli on this International Human Rights Day
#HumanRightsDay #StandForRights #EqualityForAll
