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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11678

30 November 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / Azerbaijan
Yunus couple say EU must keep standing firm with authorities
Brussels, 29/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 28 November, the Azerbaijani human rights campaigners, Leyla and Arif Yunus, called on the European Union to keep standing firm with their country's authorities.

"The authorities are sensitive to strong language, so it's important to continue with strong language", Leyla Yunus told the European Parliament's sub-committee on human rights.  She said that after a Parliamentary resolution calling for the release of political prisoners(see EUROPE 11159), the torture that her husband...

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