Azerbaijan
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Azerbaijan: punished in and out of prison
Political prisoners in Azerbaijan say that they are often subject to harassment and persecution that lasts for years even after their release from jail. Zaur Qurbanli, a member of the NIDA youth movement, was detained in 2013 on charges of carrying a firearm. It was a part of a wave of arrests of individuals…Source — IWPR
Freed at last from prison, but not free in Azerbaijan
This morning, I could not believe it when I got a text saying that Ilgar Mammadov, my friend, former colleague, and a prominent political activist from Azerbaijan, was released from prison. After being behind bars for five years, Mammadov was finally reunited with his family.Source — Human Right Watch
On the verge of a big change in penal system reform in Azerbaijan
Probation Service will be created in Azerbaijan by the Order of the President Ilham Aliyev, to improve the penal sphere, the humanization of punishment and expanding the use of alternative measures without isolation from society.Source — HTA
