International community must act on Azerbaijan crackdown

Headline Title: International community must act on Azerbaijan crackdown 16 November 2011 The international community must not turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Azerbaijan, Amnesty International said today in a new report cataloguing a clampdown on dissent since protests erupted in March. The spring that never blossomed: Freedoms suppressed in Azerbaijan details a wave of intimidation and arrests around protests against corruption and the increasing suppression of independent media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and opposition parties. Since then, youth activists…

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