Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan
@endrepression-az.org
🕊️Free political prisoners
🫶Restore civic space & media freedoms
⚖️Uphold human rights & rule of law
https://endrepression-az.org
🫶Restore civic space & media freedoms
⚖️Uphold human rights & rule of law
https://endrepression-az.org
Azerbaïdjan : arrestation du leader de l’opposition Ali Karimli, via @lemonde.fr @emgryn.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Azerbaïdjan : arrestation du leader de l’opposition Ali Karimli
Les services de sécurité d’Etat ont effectué une perquisition à son domicile avant de l’interpeller. Le responsable du Front populaire d’Azerbaïdjan était l’une des dernières figures de l’opposition n...
www.lemonde.fr
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Azerbaïdjan : arrestation du leader de l’opposition Ali Karimli, via @lemonde.fr @emgryn.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
2.5 months pre-trial detention for Ali Karimli 🇦🇿⚖️
Today the Baku city Sabail District Court remanded Ali Karimli, chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, into pretrial detention until 16 February 2026.
The sign is clear: prosecution will start 💔
Today the Baku city Sabail District Court remanded Ali Karimli, chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, into pretrial detention until 16 February 2026.
The sign is clear: prosecution will start 💔
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
2.5 months pre-trial detention for Ali Karimli 🇦🇿⚖️
Today the Baku city Sabail District Court remanded Ali Karimli, chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, into pretrial detention until 16 February 2026.
The sign is clear: prosecution will start 💔
Today the Baku city Sabail District Court remanded Ali Karimli, chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, into pretrial detention until 16 February 2026.
The sign is clear: prosecution will start 💔
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan’s continuing crackdown on dissent, via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/azer...
apnews.com/article/azer...
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent
Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser. Karimli, who chairs the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was unreachable by phone, and his home was sea...
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan’s continuing crackdown on dissent, via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/azer...
apnews.com/article/azer...
Freedom for Ali Karimli and his associates.
A good moment to remind our friends and followers that all resources created by our Campaign belong to the public domaine and can be used freely.
@creativecommons.bsky.social
A good moment to remind our friends and followers that all resources created by our Campaign belong to the public domaine and can be used freely.
@creativecommons.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Freedom for Ali Karimli and his associates.
A good moment to remind our friends and followers that all resources created by our Campaign belong to the public domaine and can be used freely.
@creativecommons.bsky.social
A good moment to remind our friends and followers that all resources created by our Campaign belong to the public domaine and can be used freely.
@creativecommons.bsky.social
Major crackdown in Azerbaijan over the weekend🇦🇿
PFPA leader Ali Karimli detained ⚠️
Other PFPA members were targeted, detained, or blocked from travelling ⚠️
We call for the immediate release of Ali Karimli and his associates.
🔗 free-anar.site/crisis-updat...
PFPA leader Ali Karimli detained ⚠️
Other PFPA members were targeted, detained, or blocked from travelling ⚠️
We call for the immediate release of Ali Karimli and his associates.
🔗 free-anar.site/crisis-updat...
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Major crackdown in Azerbaijan over the weekend🇦🇿
PFPA leader Ali Karimli detained ⚠️
Other PFPA members were targeted, detained, or blocked from travelling ⚠️
We call for the immediate release of Ali Karimli and his associates.
🔗 free-anar.site/crisis-updat...
PFPA leader Ali Karimli detained ⚠️
Other PFPA members were targeted, detained, or blocked from travelling ⚠️
We call for the immediate release of Ali Karimli and his associates.
🔗 free-anar.site/crisis-updat...
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent, via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent
Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent, via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
Azerbaijani police raid home of leading opposition figure amid coup attempt probe, by @Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Azerbaijani police raid home of leading opposition figure amid coup attempt probe
Police in Azerbaijan conducted a search on Saturday at the home of Ali Karimli, the leader of one of the country's main opposition parties, amid a widening probe into a suspected coup attempt to oust ...
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Azerbaijani police raid home of leading opposition figure amid coup attempt probe, by @Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
We are extremely concerned about today’s actions lead by the National Security Agency against the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli 🇦🇿
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are extremely concerned about today’s actions lead by the National Security Agency against the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli 🇦🇿
Azərbaycan hökuməti bu il xaricdəki 24 tənqidçiyə qarşı cinayət işi açıb toplummedia.tv/manset/pazer...
Azərbaycan hökuməti bu il xaricdəki 24 tənqidçiyə qarşı cinayət işi açıb
Azərbaycan hökuməti bu il ölkə xaricində yaşayan 24 tənqidçisinə qarşı cinayət işi açıb.
Bu barədə...
toplummedia.tv
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Azərbaycan hökuməti bu il xaricdəki 24 tənqidçiyə qarşı cinayət işi açıb toplummedia.tv/manset/pazer...
Azerbaijan’s presidential administration published a detailed plan for a new surveillance system. It listed 35 categories of personal data, including health and mental health history 🇦🇿📡
It was deleted from the presidential website within an hour❗️
Read more by @ocmedia.bsky.social
It was deleted from the presidential website within an hour❗️
Read more by @ocmedia.bsky.social
Azerbaijan deletes plan for detailed surveillance system minutes after publication
The plan outlined how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data.
oc-media.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Azerbaijan’s presidential administration published a detailed plan for a new surveillance system. It listed 35 categories of personal data, including health and mental health history 🇦🇿📡
It was deleted from the presidential website within an hour❗️
Read more by @ocmedia.bsky.social
It was deleted from the presidential website within an hour❗️
Read more by @ocmedia.bsky.social
Azerbaijan is extending its repression abroad 🇦🇿⚖️
Trials in absentia are now used to target exiled journalists, activists and civil society leaders.
Our new analysis shows a systematic effort to silence dissent beyond Azerbaijan’s borders.
🔗 free-anar.site/azerbaijan-e...
Trials in absentia are now used to target exiled journalists, activists and civil society leaders.
Our new analysis shows a systematic effort to silence dissent beyond Azerbaijan’s borders.
🔗 free-anar.site/azerbaijan-e...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Azerbaijan is extending its repression abroad 🇦🇿⚖️
Trials in absentia are now used to target exiled journalists, activists and civil society leaders.
Our new analysis shows a systematic effort to silence dissent beyond Azerbaijan’s borders.
🔗 free-anar.site/azerbaijan-e...
Trials in absentia are now used to target exiled journalists, activists and civil society leaders.
Our new analysis shows a systematic effort to silence dissent beyond Azerbaijan’s borders.
🔗 free-anar.site/azerbaijan-e...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the defamation fine against Azadlıq was disproportionate. A 5-cent metro story became a test of press freedom; the judgment warns that such penalties silence watchdog journalism 🇦🇿⚖️📰
www.courthousenews.com/fine-for-5-c...
www.courthousenews.com/fine-for-5-c...
Fine for 5-cent metro fraud story derails Azerbaijan at rights court
Europe’s top rights judges faulted Azerbaijan for crushing one of its last independent papers with a steep defamation penalty, finding the punishment disproportionate and “not necessary in a democrati...
www.courthousenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the defamation fine against Azadlıq was disproportionate. A 5-cent metro story became a test of press freedom; the judgment warns that such penalties silence watchdog journalism 🇦🇿⚖️📰
www.courthousenews.com/fine-for-5-c...
www.courthousenews.com/fine-for-5-c...
Bashir Suleymanli's next court hearing will be held at the Baku Serious Crimes Court tomorrow, 20 November at 11:00.
Bashir Suleymanli is expected to start his defense speech at this court hearing.
Bashir Suleymanli is expected to start his defense speech at this court hearing.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bashir Suleymanli's next court hearing will be held at the Baku Serious Crimes Court tomorrow, 20 November at 11:00.
Bashir Suleymanli is expected to start his defense speech at this court hearing.
Bashir Suleymanli is expected to start his defense speech at this court hearing.
From his cell in Baku, Anar Mammadli sent a stark message to @coe.int 🇦🇿🇪🇺
He shows how Strasbourg’s unimplemented rulings are now used against him. Clear defiance met with silence by the Council.
His letter speaks to the wider pattern of repression in Azerbaijan.
🔗 free-anar.site/i-anar-mamma...
He shows how Strasbourg’s unimplemented rulings are now used against him. Clear defiance met with silence by the Council.
His letter speaks to the wider pattern of repression in Azerbaijan.
🔗 free-anar.site/i-anar-mamma...
![A graphic with a blue background. At the top left, a large quotation mark. The main text reads: “I, Anar Mammadli, am submitting this communication from my cell…” Below, three highlighted paragraphs: “My [past] unlawful conviction, which should have been quashed, is now being used as an aggravating circumstance to justify new charges. This is recidivism constructed through non-implementation.”
“This deliberate defiance [towards the European Court of Human Rights] risks entrenching a dangerous precedent that undermines the Strasbourg system. At stake is not merely the implementation of individual judgments, but the credibility of the entire Convention system.”
“I am held together with an increasing number of human rights defenders, journalists, and civil activists of Azerbaijan.”
At the bottom centre, there is a stylised portrait of Anar Mammadli in red and blue. Beneath it is the caption: “Letter to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:25p6xaecnxwgj4csokopoyzv/bafkreicw7dzq62yxmxlhsusbxuhdwhmpr6v62azgwnxbl4jzj7vwrcy3ky@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
From his cell in Baku, Anar Mammadli sent a stark message to @coe.int 🇦🇿🇪🇺
He shows how Strasbourg’s unimplemented rulings are now used against him. Clear defiance met with silence by the Council.
His letter speaks to the wider pattern of repression in Azerbaijan.
🔗 free-anar.site/i-anar-mamma...
He shows how Strasbourg’s unimplemented rulings are now used against him. Clear defiance met with silence by the Council.
His letter speaks to the wider pattern of repression in Azerbaijan.
🔗 free-anar.site/i-anar-mamma...
China’s footprint in Azerbaijan keeps growing 🇨🇳🇦🇿
Transport, energy, Middle Corridor projects now come with a “green” narrative that helps both governments push back against Western-led governance.
Behind sustainability branding: deeper autocratic alignment.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transport, energy, Middle Corridor projects now come with a “green” narrative that helps both governments push back against Western-led governance.
Behind sustainability branding: deeper autocratic alignment.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
CHINA’S GREEN SOFT POWER IN AZERBAIJAN: ENVIRONMENTALISM, AUTOCRACY, AND GEOPOLITICAL INTERSECTIONS
Relations between China and Azerbaijan have palpably accelerated over the past decade. An important underpinning of this relationship is the fact that both states are autocratic and share a desire ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
China’s footprint in Azerbaijan keeps growing 🇨🇳🇦🇿
Transport, energy, Middle Corridor projects now come with a “green” narrative that helps both governments push back against Western-led governance.
Behind sustainability branding: deeper autocratic alignment.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transport, energy, Middle Corridor projects now come with a “green” narrative that helps both governments push back against Western-led governance.
Behind sustainability branding: deeper autocratic alignment.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Azerbaijan is turning away from the values and systems of rights-based multilateralism. Its ties with Europe are breaking down step by step 🇪🇺⚡️🇦🇿
Is closer alignment with the autocratic leaders of 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿 really what Azerbaijan’s people and youth want?
Is closer alignment with the autocratic leaders of 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿 really what Azerbaijan’s people and youth want?
7th Central Asia Consultative Meeting in ‘Central Asia + Azerbaijan’ format concludes in Tashkent
https://www.byteseu.com/1545392/
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 16. On 16 November, the 7th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia in the “Central Asia + Azerbaijan” format was …
https://www.byteseu.com/1545392/
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 16. On 16 November, the 7th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia in the “Central Asia + Azerbaijan” format was …
7th Central Asia Consultative Meeting in 'Central Asia + Azerbaijan' format concludes in Tashkent - Bytes Europe
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 16. On 16 November, the 7th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia in the “Central Asia + Azerbaijan”
www.byteseu.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Azerbaijan is turning away from the values and systems of rights-based multilateralism. Its ties with Europe are breaking down step by step 🇪🇺⚡️🇦🇿
Is closer alignment with the autocratic leaders of 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿 really what Azerbaijan’s people and youth want?
Is closer alignment with the autocratic leaders of 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿 really what Azerbaijan’s people and youth want?
Freedom for Zabil Gahramanov ⚖️
We call for the immediate release of defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov and for all charges against him to be dropped unconditionally.
🔗 free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
We call for the immediate release of defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov and for all charges against him to be dropped unconditionally.
🔗 free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Freedom for Zabil Gahramanov ⚖️
We call for the immediate release of defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov and for all charges against him to be dropped unconditionally.
🔗 free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
We call for the immediate release of defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov and for all charges against him to be dropped unconditionally.
🔗 free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
Azerbaijan intensifies crackdown on lawyers ⚖️
Defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov was suspended, arrested, now charged on fabricated grounds after defending victims of torture.
🧐 Our case analysis shows how justice itself is becoming a punishable offence free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
Defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov was suspended, arrested, now charged on fabricated grounds after defending victims of torture.
🧐 Our case analysis shows how justice itself is becoming a punishable offence free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Azerbaijan intensifies crackdown on lawyers ⚖️
Defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov was suspended, arrested, now charged on fabricated grounds after defending victims of torture.
🧐 Our case analysis shows how justice itself is becoming a punishable offence free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
Defence lawyer Zabil Gahramanov was suspended, arrested, now charged on fabricated grounds after defending victims of torture.
🧐 Our case analysis shows how justice itself is becoming a punishable offence free-anar.site/retaliatory-...
Today EU Human Rights Representative @kajsaollongren.bsky.social presents her priorities before @droi.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu ⚖️
She must address Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis:
1️⃣ Support exiled civil society & media
2️⃣ Build a common EU response
#StayTuned for our report 🇦🇿🇪🇺
She must address Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis:
1️⃣ Support exiled civil society & media
2️⃣ Build a common EU response
#StayTuned for our report 🇦🇿🇪🇺
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today EU Human Rights Representative @kajsaollongren.bsky.social presents her priorities before @droi.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu ⚖️
She must address Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis:
1️⃣ Support exiled civil society & media
2️⃣ Build a common EU response
#StayTuned for our report 🇦🇿🇪🇺
She must address Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis:
1️⃣ Support exiled civil society & media
2️⃣ Build a common EU response
#StayTuned for our report 🇦🇿🇪🇺
Azerbaijan handed over UN Climate Conference presidency to Brazil 🌍 #COP30
Since #COP29 in Baku:
🚨 Climate of Justice founders jailed
⚖️ Nazim Baydamirli sentenced to 8 years in prison
📚 Repression of media, civil society, scholars deepened
Yet the EU carries on with business as usual 🇪🇺🇦🇿
Since #COP29 in Baku:
🚨 Climate of Justice founders jailed
⚖️ Nazim Baydamirli sentenced to 8 years in prison
📚 Repression of media, civil society, scholars deepened
Yet the EU carries on with business as usual 🇪🇺🇦🇿
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Reposted by Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan
“Family values”: the shield for violence in #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿⚡️
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“Family values”: the shield for violence in #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿⚡️
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
The US-Azerbaijan Strategic Working Group set up in August, now begins its work — on “security” and “prosperity” 🇦🇿🇺🇸
No word on 392 political prisoners or on human rights. Partnerships that ignore repression legitimise it 💔⚖️💔
No word on 392 political prisoners or on human rights. Partnerships that ignore repression legitimise it 💔⚖️💔
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The US-Azerbaijan Strategic Working Group set up in August, now begins its work — on “security” and “prosperity” 🇦🇿🇺🇸
No word on 392 political prisoners or on human rights. Partnerships that ignore repression legitimise it 💔⚖️💔
No word on 392 political prisoners or on human rights. Partnerships that ignore repression legitimise it 💔⚖️💔
“If I were in Azerbaijan right now, I'd probably be in prison.”
Like so many Azerbaijani journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, Parvana Gurbanli now lives in exile 🇦🇿💔
Time for the EU @martakos.ec.europa.eu to support their work from abroad.
@ecpmf.bsky.social
www.ecpmf.eu/if-i-were-in...
Like so many Azerbaijani journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, Parvana Gurbanli now lives in exile 🇦🇿💔
Time for the EU @martakos.ec.europa.eu to support their work from abroad.
@ecpmf.bsky.social
www.ecpmf.eu/if-i-were-in...
“If I were in Azerbaijan right now, I would probably be in prison” Exiled journalist Parvana Gurbanli about how the regime is punishing independent journalism
Azerbaijan has long been considered an authoritarian regime. For many years, the press has been restricted. But the 2022 “On Media” Law finally bans independent journalism.
www.ecpmf.eu
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“If I were in Azerbaijan right now, I'd probably be in prison.”
Like so many Azerbaijani journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, Parvana Gurbanli now lives in exile 🇦🇿💔
Time for the EU @martakos.ec.europa.eu to support their work from abroad.
@ecpmf.bsky.social
www.ecpmf.eu/if-i-were-in...
Like so many Azerbaijani journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, Parvana Gurbanli now lives in exile 🇦🇿💔
Time for the EU @martakos.ec.europa.eu to support their work from abroad.
@ecpmf.bsky.social
www.ecpmf.eu/if-i-were-in...
We fully agree @martakos.ec.europa.eu
Congratulations to our friends Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
The question is however why what the EU appears to stand for and support in Belarus or Georgia isn’t in any way what it stands for in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇪🇺
Congratulations to our friends Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
The question is however why what the EU appears to stand for and support in Belarus or Georgia isn’t in any way what it stands for in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇪🇺
An excellent choice for the 2025 Sakharov Prize.
Strong leaders do not fear independent journalists.
When journalists are silenced, repression and corruption thrive.
We need more independent voices like Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
They must be set free. Immediately.
Strong leaders do not fear independent journalists.
When journalists are silenced, repression and corruption thrive.
We need more independent voices like Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
They must be set free. Immediately.
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We fully agree @martakos.ec.europa.eu
Congratulations to our friends Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
The question is however why what the EU appears to stand for and support in Belarus or Georgia isn’t in any way what it stands for in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇪🇺
Congratulations to our friends Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli.
The question is however why what the EU appears to stand for and support in Belarus or Georgia isn’t in any way what it stands for in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇪🇺
Security forces in Baku prevented Ulviya Ali's mother from visiting her after she came to congratulate her on her birthday 💔⚖️
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/68971
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/68971
Ulviya Ali was denied access to her mother in the detention center
Security forces in Baku prevented Ulviya Ali's mother from visiting her after she came to congratulate her on her birthday. Such restrictions are not common in Azerbaijan and could be seen as pressure...
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu
October 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Security forces in Baku prevented Ulviya Ali's mother from visiting her after she came to congratulate her on her birthday 💔⚖️
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/68971
www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/68971