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The two Azerbaijani bloggers, arrested in Baku on 8 July, appear in court today for an appeal hearing. As they do the political pressure calling for their release grows with 20 UK politicians condemning what they say is a "rapidly deteriorating human rights situation" in Azerbaijan. The two men, Adnan Hajizada and Emin Abdullayev (Milli), are awaiting trial on hooliganism charges.
The two Azerbaijani bloggers, arrested in Baku on 8 July, appear in court today for an appeal hearing.
As they do the political pressure calling for their release grows with 20 UK politicians condemning what they say is a "rapidly deteriorating human rights situation" in Azerbaijan.
The two men, Adnan Hajizada and Emin Abdullayev (Milli), are awaiting trial on hooliganism charges.
The UK MPs want the British government to put pressure on President Ilham Aliev to release the two and have made their feelings known in a House of Commons Early Day Motion (the equivalent of an MPs’ petition).
In the motion, Labour MP Paul Flynn says the MPs condemn “the attacks and imprisonment of youth activists in Azerbaijan on 10 July 2009.”
The 20 UK MPs who signed the motion are: Paul Flynn, Lynne Jones, Bob Russell, Andrew Dismore, David Taylor, Martin Caton, Gordon Prentice, Alan Simpson, Kelvin Hopkins, Jeremy Corbyn, Ann Cryer, Mark Durkan, Andrew George, Alasdair McDonnell, Ronnie Campbell, Clive Efford, Rudi Vis, Iris Robinson, John Hemming and Dai Davies.
Supporters of the two have set up an online video petition where people can post video messages calling for their release. |
