Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani journalist ends hunger strike after jail retracts meeting restrictions
The jail had previously required all meetings to be held through a glass partition.
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Dying on the steps of parliament — Georgia’s Shukrutians make last bid for their homes
After over a month on hunger strike, mostly on the steps of Georgia’s parliament, residents of the village of Shukruti are facing declining health and plummeting temperatures, with little hope of saving their village from destruction. ‘I don’t think I’ll witness my child growing up. I don’t have much energy left in me, maybe a few days? I don’t know’, says Giorgi Bitsadze, 33. Bitsadze has always been the funny one, cracking endless jokes to friends, family, and anyone he happens to meet.
Azerbaijan
Hunger striking prisoner dies in Baku Court of Appeal
Sabuhi Salimov, a member of the opposition Islamic Party, has died of a heart attack in court following a 53-day hunger strike in protest against his detention. Salimov died on 2 March, reportedly shortly after the Baku Court of Appeal upheld his conviction. Salimov was detained by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service in October 2021. On 11 November 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison on charges of treason. Human rights defenders report that Salimov was found guilty of spying on
Azerbaijan
Prominent Azerbaijani opposition figure to escalate hunger strike amid grave health concerns
Saleh Rustamli, a prominent member of Azerbaijan’s opposition Popular Front Party, is threatening to escalate his hunger strike, demanding that authorities release him from prison. Doctors reportedly said that if he does so, it would be a serious and immediate danger to his well-being. Rustamli was sentenced to seven years in prison in February 2019 on charges of money laundering. His lawyer, Bahruz Bayramov, told OC Media that as of 29 November, the 24th day of his client’s hunger strike, Rus
Armenia
Hunger striker from Yerevan’s Phys-Gorodok stops drinking water
As protests against the construction of a high-rise in Yerevan’s Phys-Gorodok neighbourhood continue, local resident Hayk Harutyunyan, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly three weeks, has stopped drinking water. Construction of the 12-storey high-rise was briefly halted earlier this month after a request from Armenia’s Environment Ministry. It has restarted as of Monday. Protesters allege the land on which construction is being carried out was illegally privatised. ‘Phys-Gorodok’ i
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu on hunger strike
A prominent leader of the Azerbaijani opposition Musavat party, Tofig Yagublu, went on a hunger strike today protesting the ‘fabricated’ case brought against him, his lawyer reported. Earlier, the State Prosecutor called on the court to sentence him to four years and six months in prison. According to Turan, Yagublu decided to go on a hunger strike at the court session on Wednesday after the judge, Nariman Mehdiyev, interrupted his closing speech several times and then cut him off entirely.
Georgia
Hunger striking South Ossetian prisoners ‘severely beaten’
South Ossetian prisoners who were on hunger strike in Tskhinvali last Friday were severely beaten, local media report. Ekho Kavkaza reported that the strike, which began on 27 September, was triggered by the introduction of Russian regulations in South Ossetian prisons. The prisoners’ other concerns include poor sanitary conditions, insufficient time outside their cells, and a limited number of parcels that they can receive from relatives. Two prisoners required hospitalisation after th
