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European Parliament on Thursday adopted a motion on persecution of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

MEPs call on the Azerbaijani authorities to undertake long-overdue human rights reforms without further delay,cease their harassment of civil society organisations, opposition politicians and independent journalists and lift the ban of public gatherings in Baku.

They condemn the arrest and detention of Leyla Yunus, Arif Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliyev and Hasan Huseyni and demand their immediate and unconditional release.

EU support and cooperation with Azerbaijan, including ongoing negotiations for a Strategic Modernisation Partnership, must be conditional upon and include clauses relating to protection of human rights, says the text.

The resolution deplores the actions taken by the Azerbaijani government to curb contacts between civil society and youth activists and intellectuals from Armenia and Azerbaijan, since these contacts are of major importance for bridging the long-standing hostility between the two countries; in this regard, recalls the important work done in this area by Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif.


 

 

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