Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Azerbaijan Expels Human Rights Watch Representative

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Azerbaijan expelled a Human Rights Watch researcher Tuesday after barring him from entering the country to attend the trial of two Azeri rights activists and holding him for 31 hours, the rights group said. Human Rights Watch said Azeri officials gave no reason for sending back Georgy Gogia, who had flown in from Georgia on Monday, and said the expulsion reflected a crackdown on rights in the former Soviet republic. Several rights activists and journalists have been sentenced to prison...

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