Azerbaijan - 15 political prisoners released, but dozens remain in jail

Reporters without borders

We, the undersigned members of the Sport for Rights coalition, express our relief over the release of 15 political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Human rights defender Rasul Jafarov, the founder of the Sport for Rights campaign, stepped out from Baku's Prison Number 10 into freedom on 17 March after spending 593 days unjustly jailed. The same day, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in Jafarov's case, acknowledging that his arrest and detention were politically motivated. Jafarov (...)

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