Sources report that the authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are secretly transferring Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China. The reasons for the transfer are thought to be a lack of capacity to host the vast amount of prisoners, prevention of unrest in Xinjiang and the creation of …

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 6 Iranian authorities have detained a deputy Central Bank governor amid street protests over the country’s economic difficulties, state-run media report, as Iran prepares to face a return of U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. A spokesman for the judiciary was quoted …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 11 The representative of Urmia, in the presence of the historic bridge “Hasarat Korposu” condemns the continuation of the occupation of the Qarabagh by Armenia. Nader Gazipour the representative of the Urmia, condemned the crimes of the Armenians in Qarabagh region and released a picture from the …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 11 As each hour 50 people add to the crowd of prisoners, the head of Social Relief Association emphasized on replacement punishments to ease the consequences of accumulation of criminals in prisons. Pointing to the fact each year between, 420 to 430 thousand criminals enter prisons, …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, May 8 26 years (May 8, 1992) have passed since the occupation of Shusha city by the armed forces of Armenia. The occupation resulted in the destruction of the town of Shusha and 30 villages in the region and the expulsion of more than 24,000 people, which …

 Baku, North Azerbaijan, Apr 24 In the history of South Azerbaijan, the most forging and distortion of the Azerbaijan history have related to the World War I and the years after that. This historical period (World War I and the years after that) also has affected South-South Azerbaijan, as in other …

Baku, North Azerbaijan,  Mar 31 North Azerbaijan today marks the centenary of the March 1918 Genocide of Azerbaijanis. After the Republic of Azerbaijan regained its independence, it has become possible to renew the objective picture of the past history of Azerbaijani people, Trend reports. The truth, which for many years was …

Khojaly Massacre: One Woman’s Story Of Survival And Healing-By Durdane Agayeva  This time of year, we remember the Holocaust – the genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and sadly, many other places. We remember the faces of the victims and the stories so horrible that hearing them can make one feel …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 28 The Iran regime‘s  Supreme Court has run roughshod over the rule of law by upholding the death sentence of Ahmad reza jalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident and specialist in emergency medicine, through a secret and hasty process and without allowing any defence submission, Amnesty International revealed today. …