No Holds Barred: Azerbaijan's Unprecedented Crackdown on Human Rights

Author(s): Rebecca Vincent
Editor(s): Denis Dafflon, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 70
Pages: 6-8
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2015

In 2014, the Azerbaijani authorities worked more aggressively than ever before to silence all forms of criticism and dissent. The crackdown reached alarming new lows between May and November, during Azerbaijan's Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. This article provides an overview of the most significant violations of the year, and examines what made the crackdown unprecedented.

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