
Azerbaijan threatens political refugees abroad
Political refugees who live abroad have been summoned for interrogation by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan.
Political refugees who live abroad have been summoned for interrogation by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan.
Two civil society leaders were arrested and one has been placed on the wanted list as part of the same case.
Both countries adopted the resolutions on Wednesday.
Rauf Heydarov was remanded to 30 days in pre-trial detention for sharing a poster about the arrest of women journalists in Azerbaijan.
Transparency International is the latest international organisation to announce it is shutting down its offices in Azerbaijan.
Previously, pro-government media reported that the UN Development Programme and the UN Refugee Agency were ‘told to leave’ Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani government has consistently used state media to discredit civil society organisations prior to shutting them down.