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Rights lawyer prevented from leaving Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•4 min read

Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Emin Aslan was prevented from boarding a flight out of Azerbaijan in Baku International Airport on Monday morning, he has confirmed to OC Media. Aslan was released 13 days ago after serving 30 days in administrative detention for ‘disobeying police’. His detention in June was condemned at the time by local rights groups as well as the EU Parliament. Aslan told OC Media he was informed by border agents at the airport that he was subject to a travel ban, someth

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Emin Aslan jailed for 30 days

by OC Media

•3 min read

Azerbaijan’s Narimanov District Court has sentenced human rights lawyer Emin Aslan to 30 days administrative detention for ‘disobeying police’. The pretext for police to approach and detain Aslan remain unknown. Aslan has for years worked to protect human rights in Azerbaijan, litigating a number of cases of alleged human rights abuses of Azerbaijani citizens at the European Court of Human Rights, and working for two Tbilisi-based rights groups. According to a Facebook post by Azerbaijani