{"id":168040,"date":"2015-05-22T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/hrw-eu-leaders-should-use-riga-summit-to-pressure-azerbaijan-over-human-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:17:43","slug":"hrw-eu-leaders-should-use-riga-summit-to-pressure-azerbaijan-over-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/hrw-eu-leaders-should-use-riga-summit-to-pressure-azerbaijan-over-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW: EU leaders should use Riga summit to pressure Azerbaijan over human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/25027\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25027\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/25027\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25027\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Source: Human Rights Watch<br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Human Rights Watch urged European leaders to use the European Partnership summit, which wrapped up today in Riga, to insist that Azerbaijan release political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThis high-level meeting presents a key opportunity for the EU to make good on its pledges to human rights activists, and unanimously insist that Azerbaijan stop the crackdown and free jailed critics,\u201d said\u00a0HRW\u2019s EU director<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/bios\/lotte-leicht\"><br \/>\n        Lotte Leicht<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  . \u201cThe EU should make clear that deeper engagement with Azerbaijan is out of the question until the government rectifies its abysmal rights record.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The EU should halt its negotiations with Azerbaijan toward a \u201cStrategic Partnership Agreement\u201d until the government releases wrongfully detained activists and dramatically improves conditions for human rights defenders and independent activists and groups, HRW said in a<br \/>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/04\/30\/letter-azerbaijan-ministers-foreign-affairs-eu-member-states\"><br \/>\n        letter<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b><br \/>\n  for EU foreign ministers and the EU leadership on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>  EU leaders should not attend the opening ceremonies of the European Games unless Azerbaijan ends its crackdown and frees people held on politically motivated grounds, HRW insisted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The summit brought together leaders of 28 European states with leaders from six neighboring countries, including Azerbaijan represented by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The two-day summit kicked off on May 21, 2015. As previously<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/article\/ilham-aliyev-will-not-attend-riga-summit\/\"><br \/>\n    reported<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  , Ilham Aliyev did not attend the event due to \u201can extremely busy schedule preparing for the inaugural European Games,\u201d according to his Aide for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch urged European leaders &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"HRW: EU leaders should use Riga summit to pressure Azerbaijan over human rights\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/hrw-eu-leaders-should-use-riga-summit-to-pressure-azerbaijan-over-human-rights\/#more-168040\" aria-label=\"Read more about HRW: EU leaders should use Riga summit to pressure Azerbaijan over human rights\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":25027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HRW: EU leaders should use Riga summit to pressure Azerbaijan over human rights - MEYDAN.TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/hrw-eu-leaders-should-use-riga-summit-to-pressure-azerbaijan-over-human-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HRW: EU leaders should use Riga summit to pressure Azerbaijan over human rights - MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch urged European leaders ... 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