Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
February 10, 2026
February 10, 2026
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
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Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities' campaign of transnational repression.
In January, a Baku court convicted sev . . .
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Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
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Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities' campaign of transnational repression.
In January, a Baku court convicted sev . . .