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
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 💔
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...
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 🇦🇿
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...
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...
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-...
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
Just two days ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its resolution on arbitrary detention 🇺🇳
Difficult not to think of all the human rights defenders, journalists, activists and academics behind bars in Azerbaijan because of their beliefs and work ⚖️🇦🇿
#ClimateOfRepression
Difficult not to think of all the human rights defenders, journalists, activists and academics behind bars in Azerbaijan because of their beliefs and work ⚖️🇦🇿
#ClimateOfRepression
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Just two days ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its resolution on arbitrary detention 🇺🇳
Difficult not to think of all the human rights defenders, journalists, activists and academics behind bars in Azerbaijan because of their beliefs and work ⚖️🇦🇿
#ClimateOfRepression
Difficult not to think of all the human rights defenders, journalists, activists and academics behind bars in Azerbaijan because of their beliefs and work ⚖️🇦🇿
#ClimateOfRepression
The International Association of Judges is to meet in Baku: rights groups urge it to confront Azerbaijan’s captured judiciary ⚖️🇦🇿
Courts must not serve repression.
🔗 free-anar.site/human-rights...
@ibanews.bsky.social
Courts must not serve repression.
🔗 free-anar.site/human-rights...
@ibanews.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The International Association of Judges is to meet in Baku: rights groups urge it to confront Azerbaijan’s captured judiciary ⚖️🇦🇿
Courts must not serve repression.
🔗 free-anar.site/human-rights...
@ibanews.bsky.social
Courts must not serve repression.
🔗 free-anar.site/human-rights...
@ibanews.bsky.social
Today at 14:45, Anar Mammadli’s trial continues at Baku Grave Crimes Court.
He’s expected to resume his testimony exposing the political nature of the case.
We call on international observers and diplomats to be present — your presence matters.
#FreeAnar
He’s expected to resume his testimony exposing the political nature of the case.
We call on international observers and diplomats to be present — your presence matters.
#FreeAnar
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today at 14:45, Anar Mammadli’s trial continues at Baku Grave Crimes Court.
He’s expected to resume his testimony exposing the political nature of the case.
We call on international observers and diplomats to be present — your presence matters.
#FreeAnar
He’s expected to resume his testimony exposing the political nature of the case.
We call on international observers and diplomats to be present — your presence matters.
#FreeAnar
The ECtHR has struck out new cases on politically motivated administrative detentions in Azerbaijan 📄
Unilateral declaration accepted:
💶 900 EUR for each applicant
⚖️ Acknowledgement of rights violations
But no real remedy ⬇️
Unilateral declaration accepted:
💶 900 EUR for each applicant
⚖️ Acknowledgement of rights violations
But no real remedy ⬇️
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The ECtHR has struck out new cases on politically motivated administrative detentions in Azerbaijan 📄
Unilateral declaration accepted:
💶 900 EUR for each applicant
⚖️ Acknowledgement of rights violations
But no real remedy ⬇️
Unilateral declaration accepted:
💶 900 EUR for each applicant
⚖️ Acknowledgement of rights violations
But no real remedy ⬇️
Tomorrow @coe should have welcomed journalist Ulvi Hasanli to receive the Vacláv Havel Prize in Strasbourg. He remains jailed🇦🇿
His wife Rubaba Guliyeva is under a travel ban and barred from attending @PACE_News🇪🇺
Repression continues. We stand with them and all detained in Azerbaijan.
His wife Rubaba Guliyeva is under a travel ban and barred from attending @PACE_News🇪🇺
Repression continues. We stand with them and all detained in Azerbaijan.
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tomorrow @coe should have welcomed journalist Ulvi Hasanli to receive the Vacláv Havel Prize in Strasbourg. He remains jailed🇦🇿
His wife Rubaba Guliyeva is under a travel ban and barred from attending @PACE_News🇪🇺
Repression continues. We stand with them and all detained in Azerbaijan.
His wife Rubaba Guliyeva is under a travel ban and barred from attending @PACE_News🇪🇺
Repression continues. We stand with them and all detained in Azerbaijan.
The UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders has submitted an amicus brief in Anar Mammadli’s case 🌍
Azerbaijan has a duty under the Aarhus Convention: defenders must not face reprisals ⚖️
Calls for Anar’s release and for charges to be dropped 🕊️
🔗 unece.org/ACSR_C_2024_...
Azerbaijan has a duty under the Aarhus Convention: defenders must not face reprisals ⚖️
Calls for Anar’s release and for charges to be dropped 🕊️
🔗 unece.org/ACSR_C_2024_...
September 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders has submitted an amicus brief in Anar Mammadli’s case 🌍
Azerbaijan has a duty under the Aarhus Convention: defenders must not face reprisals ⚖️
Calls for Anar’s release and for charges to be dropped 🕊️
🔗 unece.org/ACSR_C_2024_...
Azerbaijan has a duty under the Aarhus Convention: defenders must not face reprisals ⚖️
Calls for Anar’s release and for charges to be dropped 🕊️
🔗 unece.org/ACSR_C_2024_...
“This trial is a political show, not a legal process” ⚖️
Anar Mammadli at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes
He recalled the @echr.coe.int ruling that already declared his earlier conviction unlawful🏛️ The new charges are absurd & aim only to silence civil society 🚫
Anar Mammadli at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes
He recalled the @echr.coe.int ruling that already declared his earlier conviction unlawful🏛️ The new charges are absurd & aim only to silence civil society 🚫
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“This trial is a political show, not a legal process” ⚖️
Anar Mammadli at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes
He recalled the @echr.coe.int ruling that already declared his earlier conviction unlawful🏛️ The new charges are absurd & aim only to silence civil society 🚫
Anar Mammadli at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes
He recalled the @echr.coe.int ruling that already declared his earlier conviction unlawful🏛️ The new charges are absurd & aim only to silence civil society 🚫
Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku today 🏎️🇦🇿
Behind the glamour:
Over 300 political prisoners ⚠️
Silenced media ⚠️
Jailed human rights defenders ⚠️
Formula One is used to mask repression.
🔗 free-anar.site
Behind the glamour:
Over 300 political prisoners ⚠️
Silenced media ⚠️
Jailed human rights defenders ⚠️
Formula One is used to mask repression.
🔗 free-anar.site
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku today 🏎️🇦🇿
Behind the glamour:
Over 300 political prisoners ⚠️
Silenced media ⚠️
Jailed human rights defenders ⚠️
Formula One is used to mask repression.
🔗 free-anar.site
Behind the glamour:
Over 300 political prisoners ⚠️
Silenced media ⚠️
Jailed human rights defenders ⚠️
Formula One is used to mask repression.
🔗 free-anar.site
We congratulate journalist Nargiz Absalamova on winning the prestigious Free Media Award from @frittord.bsky.social and @zeit.de 🫶
Absalamova and her colleagues at @abzasmedia.bsky.social deserve this award for their unwavering dedication #FreeThemAll
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Absalamova and her colleagues at @abzasmedia.bsky.social deserve this award for their unwavering dedication #FreeThemAll
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We congratulate journalist Nargiz Absalamova on winning the prestigious Free Media Award from @frittord.bsky.social and @zeit.de 🫶
Absalamova and her colleagues at @abzasmedia.bsky.social deserve this award for their unwavering dedication #FreeThemAll
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Absalamova and her colleagues at @abzasmedia.bsky.social deserve this award for their unwavering dedication #FreeThemAll
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Another week of repression in Azerbaijan:
⚖️ Baku Appeal Court upheld the 15-year sentence of Bahruz Samadov after a closed hearing. He is now on hunger strike.
✍️ New charges against human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli in the ongoing NGO crackdown.
Voices for justice are silenced again.
⚖️ Baku Appeal Court upheld the 15-year sentence of Bahruz Samadov after a closed hearing. He is now on hunger strike.
✍️ New charges against human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli in the ongoing NGO crackdown.
Voices for justice are silenced again.
September 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Another week of repression in Azerbaijan:
⚖️ Baku Appeal Court upheld the 15-year sentence of Bahruz Samadov after a closed hearing. He is now on hunger strike.
✍️ New charges against human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli in the ongoing NGO crackdown.
Voices for justice are silenced again.
⚖️ Baku Appeal Court upheld the 15-year sentence of Bahruz Samadov after a closed hearing. He is now on hunger strike.
✍️ New charges against human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli in the ongoing NGO crackdown.
Voices for justice are silenced again.
Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin at the TEHA Forum in Cernobbio says its gas storage is secure—but still plays into Azerbaijan’s hand 🇮🇹⛽️a🇦🇿
By leaning on Baku for supply, Rome helps polish Azerbaijan’s image abroad, whilst repression and human rights abuses continue at home.
By leaning on Baku for supply, Rome helps polish Azerbaijan’s image abroad, whilst repression and human rights abuses continue at home.
September 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin at the TEHA Forum in Cernobbio says its gas storage is secure—but still plays into Azerbaijan’s hand 🇮🇹⛽️a🇦🇿
By leaning on Baku for supply, Rome helps polish Azerbaijan’s image abroad, whilst repression and human rights abuses continue at home.
By leaning on Baku for supply, Rome helps polish Azerbaijan’s image abroad, whilst repression and human rights abuses continue at home.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan tried to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. India blocked it.
Given Baku’s record of jailing journalists, crushing dissent & silencing defenders, it would have fit right in.
But as a @coe.int member, that says everything about how it undermines the values it signed up to❗
Given Baku’s record of jailing journalists, crushing dissent & silencing defenders, it would have fit right in.
But as a @coe.int member, that says everything about how it undermines the values it signed up to❗
September 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan tried to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. India blocked it.
Given Baku’s record of jailing journalists, crushing dissent & silencing defenders, it would have fit right in.
But as a @coe.int member, that says everything about how it undermines the values it signed up to❗
Given Baku’s record of jailing journalists, crushing dissent & silencing defenders, it would have fit right in.
But as a @coe.int member, that says everything about how it undermines the values it signed up to❗
Director of @abzasmedia.bsky.social, human rights defender and journalist Ulvi Hasanli is shortlisted for the @pace.coe.int 2025 Václav Havel Prize, alongside journalists Mzia Amaghlobeli and Maksym Butkevych 🫶
🔗 More about Ulvi: free-anar.site/political-pr...
#FreeAbzas #ClimateOfRepression
🔗 More about Ulvi: free-anar.site/political-pr...
#FreeAbzas #ClimateOfRepression
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Director of @abzasmedia.bsky.social, human rights defender and journalist Ulvi Hasanli is shortlisted for the @pace.coe.int 2025 Václav Havel Prize, alongside journalists Mzia Amaghlobeli and Maksym Butkevych 🫶
🔗 More about Ulvi: free-anar.site/political-pr...
#FreeAbzas #ClimateOfRepression
🔗 More about Ulvi: free-anar.site/political-pr...
#FreeAbzas #ClimateOfRepression
Tofig Yagublu
Prominent opposition leader arrested in December 2023 on charges NGOs say were arbitrary, held in extended pretrial detention, and kept incommunicado.
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Prominent opposition leader arrested in December 2023 on charges NGOs say were arbitrary, held in extended pretrial detention, and kept incommunicado.
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
August 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Tofig Yagublu
Prominent opposition leader arrested in December 2023 on charges NGOs say were arbitrary, held in extended pretrial detention, and kept incommunicado.
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Prominent opposition leader arrested in December 2023 on charges NGOs say were arbitrary, held in extended pretrial detention, and kept incommunicado.
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Afiyaddin Mammadov, Mohyaddin Orujov, Aykhan Israfilov, Elvin Mustafayev
Labour activists from the independent Trade Union Confederation Workers Desk, detained since an August 2023 food delivery workers’ strike
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Labour activists from the independent Trade Union Confederation Workers Desk, detained since an August 2023 food delivery workers’ strike
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
August 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Afiyaddin Mammadov, Mohyaddin Orujov, Aykhan Israfilov, Elvin Mustafayev
Labour activists from the independent Trade Union Confederation Workers Desk, detained since an August 2023 food delivery workers’ strike
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...
Labour activists from the independent Trade Union Confederation Workers Desk, detained since an August 2023 food delivery workers’ strike
🔗 free-anar.site/political-pr...