On Thursday 19 December, MEPs strongly condemned the Azerbaijani regime’s persistent violations of human rights, “in particular freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly”, as well as the political instrumentalisation of the criminal justice system.
In the joint resolution they adopted (434 votes in favour, 30 against and 89 abstentions), MEPs urged the authorities to put an immediate end to the crackdown on all dissident groups and to unconditionally release those...