Side-event at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe UNPRECEDENTED REPRESSION IN AZERBAIJAN Thursday, 2 October 2014 13:00 – 14:00 Room 3, Palais de l’Europe, Council of Europe Sponsored by Mailis Reps (Estonia) Tiny Kox (The Netherlands) Michael McNamara (Ireland) Pieter Omtzigt (The Netherlands) Organised by International Media Support (IMS) and Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), in cooperation with members and partners of the Human Rights House Azerbaijan, as well as Article 19, Freedom Now and Human Rights Watch Speakers: • Khadija Ismayilova, Investigative journalist in Azerbaijan Giving an overview of the situation in Azerbaijan and will brief also about the list of 98 political prisoners documented by Azerbaijani human rights defenders • Gulnara Akhundova, International Media Support Speaking mainly about media rights in Azerbaijan and harassment of media rights NGOs • Maran Turner, Freedom Now Freedom Now will present an overview of their legal analysis of some key cases of political prisoner • Giorgi Gogia, Human Rights Watch Speaking mainly about the overall human rights situation in Azerbaijan, and highlighting HRW’s recent findings • Nathalie Losekoot, Article 19 The International Partnership Group on Azerbaijan, coordinated by Article 19, prepared a report on freedom of expression in the country and will highlight main trends in this regard and the situation of journalists and media workers in the country • Florian Irminger, Human Rights House Foundation Speaking about reprisal against human rights defenders who cooperated with the Council of Europe and action to be taken by the Council of Europe Refreshments will be provided Contact person: Alexander Sjödin, European Advocacy Officer, Human Rights House Foundation +32 497 81 59 18 (mobile phone), [email protected]
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:52:17 +0000
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