On Sunday 2 August, the Vice-President of the S&D group in the European Parliament, Kati Piri (The Netherlands), called, on behalf of her group, for sanctions against Azerbaijani officials, because of the “violent” repression of the political opposition and civil society.
“Given the gravity of the situation in Azerbaijan, we call on the Union’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, to launch, without delay, an initiative to impose EU-wide targeted human...