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On 12 May 2026, the Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan filed a Rule 9.2 submission<\/a> with the Department for the Execution of Judgments on the Mammadli v Azerbaijan (Application No. 47145\/14) group of cases, emanating from the judgement concerning Anar Mammadli<\/a>‘s first politically motivated arrest and sentence.<\/p>\n The submission documents how Azerbaijan’s persistent failure to implement the Court’s judgments has allowed the misuse of criminal law against critical voices to consolidate into administrative practice. Seven years on, the applicants’ convictions remain valid and the legislative framework that enabled the original Article 18 violations remains in force.<\/p>\n Four converging issues are identified: a judiciary under executive control despite formalistic reforms of the Judicial-Legal Council; restrictive NGO and media legislation that pushes independent organisations into illegality; the recycled template of financial offence indictments deployed against journalists, human rights defenders, and election monitors; and reliance on Anar Mammadli’s non-expunged 2014 conviction to aggravate the 2025 indictment against him.<\/p>\n Standard supervisory tools have not produced engagement. The Interim Resolution adopted on 17 September 2025 (CM\/ResDH(2025)252) records the absence of constructive dialogue. The Annex documents 56 individuals detained or convicted between 2022 and 2026, establishing the empirical record of an administrative practice rather than a series of isolated incidents.<\/p>\n The Campaign asks the Committee of Ministers to adopt an interim resolution establishing a time-bound ad hoc mechanism mandated to oversee case-specific remedies for Article 18 violations, drawing on PACE Resolution 1900 (2012) on the definition of political prisoners and Appendix IV of the Reykjavik Declaration 2023.<\/p>\n \n The annexe to the submission lists 56 individuals detained, prosecuted, or convicted between December 2022 and November 2025, including human rights defenders, civil society leaders, journalists, election monitors, labour activists, academics, and the opposition leader Ali Karimli<\/a>. Several already hold rulings in their favour from the European Court of Human Rights, among them Anar Mammadli, Tofig Yagublu<\/a>, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev<\/a>, Bashir Suleymanli<\/a>, and Akif Gurbanov<\/a>. Sentences imposed range from three years for labour activists facing drug charges, to nine years for journalists of Abzas Media, Meydan TV, and RFE\/RL, twelve years for Azer Gasimli<\/a>, fifteen years for Bahruz Samadov<\/a>, and eighteen years for Iqbal Abilov<\/a>. 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button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/council-of-europe-must-act-to-address-azerbaijans-neglect-of-its-commitments-and-obligations\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/council-of-europe-must-act-to-address-azerbaijans-neglect-of-its-commitments-and-obligations\/” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Baku, Brussels and Geneva,\u00a0<\/span>13<\/span>\u00a0January 2025<\/span>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Today, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan unveil their\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>comprehensive analysis reveal<\/span>ing\u00a0<\/span>how Azerbaijan has systematically neglected its commitments and obligations as a Council of Europe member, whil<\/span>st<\/span>\u00a0the institution\u2019s inaction has allowed these violations to go unaddressed.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”European Political Community Summit: an Opportunity to Demand Rights” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/european-political-community-summit-an-opportunity-to-demand-rights\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/european-political-community-summit-an-opportunity-to-demand-rights\/” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n European human rights organisations call for a clear focus on Azerbaijan\u2019s unprecedented repression and human rights violations during the European Political Community Summit hosted by Prime Minister Victor Orb\u00e1n in Budapest.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”EU Urged to Address Azerbaijan\u2019s Human Rights Crisis at COP29″ button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/eu-urged-to-address-azerbaijans-human-rights-crisis-at-cop29\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/eu-urged-to-address-azerbaijans-human-rights-crisis-at-cop29\/” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Ahead of COP29 in Baku, 17 international human rights organizations are urging EU leaders to confront Azerbaijan\u2019s government over its escalating human rights abuses.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”UN expert calls for Anar Mammadli\u2019s release ” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/un-expert-calls-for-anar-mammadlis-release\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n In a statement issued on 31 October 2024, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders calls on the immediate and unconditional release of <\/span>Anar<\/span> Mammadli, ahead of COP29.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Anar Mammadli’s health continues to deteriorate due to limited access to medical care” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/anar-mammadlis-health-continues-to-deteriorate-in-detention\/?et_fb=1&PageSpeed=off” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/anar-mammadlis-health-continues-to-deteriorate-in-detention\/?et_fb=1&PageSpeed=off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n At Anar Mammadli’s direct request, the Anar Mammadli Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan is alarmed by the continued deterioration <\/span>of Anar Mammadli’s health while in detention in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Impossible to achieve peace without a vibrant civil society that protects freedom and human rights” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/oleksandra-matviichuk-impossible-to-achieve-peace-without-a-vibrant-civil-society-that-protects-freedom-and-human-rights\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/oleksandra-matviichuk-impossible-to-achieve-peace-without-a-vibrant-civil-society-that-protects-freedom-and-human-rights\/” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Ahead of COP29: Quest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/press-release-quest-for-justice-in-a-climate-of-unprecedented-repression\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/press-release-quest-for-justice-in-a-climate-of-unprecedented-repression\/” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Civil Society Demands Attention to Human Rights and Climate Justice Ahead of COP29″ button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/civil-society-demands-attention-to-human-rights-and-climate-justice-ahead-of-cop29\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Call to PACE Bureau to prioritise release of Anar Mammadli” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/call-to-pace-bureau-to-prioritise-release-of-anar-mammadli\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”European Civil Society Call Upon New Secretary General of Council of Europe to Prioritise Human Rights in Azerbaijan” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/european-civil-society-call-upon-new-council-of-europe-boss-to-prioritise-human-rights-in-azerbaijan\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Submission to the Committee of Ministers by prominent NGOs on the implementation of the Mammadli Group of cases highlights new arbitrary detentions in Azerbaijan” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/rule-9-2-submission-on-mammadli-group\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Anar Mammadli Campaign writes to UNFCCC boss ahead of COP29″ button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/anar-mammadli-campaign-writes-to-unfccc-boss-ahead-of-cop29\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Ahead of COP29: Climate of repression in Azerbaijan must stop” button_text=”READ MORE” button_link=”https:\/\/free-anar.site\/ahead-of-cop29-climate-of-repression-in-azerbaijan-must-stop\/” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n As Azerbaijan prepares to host the next UN Climate Change conference, COP29, a group of distinguished Azerbaijani human rights defenders have launched a joint campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Ad Hoc Mechanism for the Mammadli Group of Cases Rule 9.2 submission filed with the Committee of Ministers on seven years of 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Annexe that Speaks for Itself:<\/h3>\n
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association.<\/p>\nForeword to the report \u201cQuest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression\u201d
By Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights lawyer, Head of Nobel Peace Prize-awarded Center for Civil Liberties<\/span><\/h5>\nPress release of the Anar Mammadli Campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan at the occasion of the publication of the report \u201cQuest for Justice in a Climate of Unprecedented Repression\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
A wide group of global civil society organisations issued a joint statement to demand human rights at COP29.<\/span><\/h5>\n
In a context of a notable intensification of repression occurring in Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the presidential election on 7 February 2024 and the parliamentary election on 1 September 2024, we call upon PACE to prioritise the release of Anar Mammadli ahead of COP29.<\/h5>\n
A wide group of European civil society organisations wrote to Alain Berset, new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on his first day in office, calling upon him to prioritise the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan, marked by the detention of Vaclav Havel Award winner Anar Mammadli alongside over 300 other political prisoners.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
On 8 August 2024, NGOs with a long-standing engagement on Azerbaijan and well-established legal authority submitted information to the Committee of Ministers on the continued nature of repression affecting the applicants of the Mammadli Group of cases of the European Court of Human Rights. The government of Azerbaijan has yet to fully execute the requested measures by the Court. The arrest of Anar Mammadli serves to illustrate the extent to which Azerbaijan remains distant from the implementation of the Court\u2019s rulings.<\/h5>\n
On the occasion of Anar Mammadli\u2019s birthday today, the Anar Mammadli Campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan wrote a letter to Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, who is in charge of securing that the conference of the parties to the convention takes place in an orderly manner.<\/span><\/h5>\n