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Detention of prisoners within a penitentiary in disrepair is a violation of Article 3 of the Convention
Analysis
28 July, 2025
Detention of prisoners within a penitentiary in disrepair is a violation of Article 3 of the Convention

Reports state that, theologist Taleh Bagirzadeh, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison by...

Additions and amendments to the appeal seized from the accused...
Analysis
26 July, 2025
Additions and amendments to the appeal seized from the accused...

  On June 17, political prisoner and economist Fazil Gasimov addressed at the Baku Court...

Television Restrictions: Only ‘Khazar TV’ in Administrative Detention, Access Issues in New Penitentiary Complex
Analysis
21 July, 2025
Television Restrictions: Only ‘Khazar TV’ in Administrative Detention, Access Issues in New Penitentiary Complex

Afiaddin Mammadov, the chairman of the “Workers' Desk” Confederation of Trade Unions, sentenced to 8...

In Absentia Proceedings in Azerbaijan: What Determines the Effectiveness of This Institution
Analysis
14 July, 2025
In Absentia Proceedings in Azerbaijan: What Determines the Effectiveness of This Institution

In absentia proceedings involve pre-trial and judicial proceedings without the presence of the accused. Fair...

New Amendments to the Nakhchivan Constitution: Nominal Autonomy and the Consolidation of Super-Presidential Rule.
Analysis
8 July, 2025
New Amendments to the Nakhchivan Constitution: Nominal Autonomy and the Consolidation of Super-Presidential Rule.

On June 21 of this year, the Milli Majlis approved the draft Constitutional Law on...

Anonymous Judges
Analysis
3 July, 2025
Anonymous Judges

The Decree “On the Establishment of an Electronic Court Information System” in 2014 was one...

Real Conflict of Interest or Illusory Ban on Quality Defense?
Analysis
30 June, 2025
Real Conflict of Interest or Illusory Ban on Quality Defense?

The fact that lawyers in the criminal case labeled as “Toplum TV case” were not...

The problem concerning a detainee’s meeting with their dog
Analysis
28 June, 2025
The problem concerning a detainee’s meeting with their dog

The editor-in-chief of Meydan TV, political prisoner Aynur Elgunesh (Gambarova) complains about not being allowed...

Severe sanitary and hygienic problems in penitentiary institutions, where more than 63 million manats of budget funds have been allocated only for health services in the last 5 years
Analysis
22 June, 2025
Severe sanitary and hygienic problems in penitentiary institutions, where more than 63 million manats of budget funds have been allocated only for health services in the last 5 years

Concerns expressed on social media about the conditions of detention in Azerbaijan's pre-trial detention centers...

Disciplinary Cell as a Response to Hunger Strike …
Analysis
16 June, 2025
Disciplinary Cell as a Response to Hunger Strike …

Reports indicate that economist Fazil Gasimov, who was sentenced to 9 years by the Baku...