Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 15020 | 29 January 2020

Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

Signatories: Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Ms Sibel ARSLAN, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Maurizio BUCCARELLA, Italy, NR ; Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus, SOC ; Mr Andrej HUNKO, Germany, UEL ; Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, Finland, SOC ; Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Ms Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Roberto RAMPI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Liviu VOVC, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD

Origin - 2020 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 6, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly notes that family members of political prisoners are often subjected to undue pressures and event to physical attacks by the government authorities. It regrets that Frangiz Huseynova - mother of Mehman Huseynov, former political prisoner, and Emin Huseynov, founder of Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety - died in mysterious circumstances in a hospital; calls upon Azerbaijani authorities to fully investigate the death of Frangiz Huseynova; urges the Azerbaijani Government to stop the use of deprivation of citizenship to silence human rights defenders, like Emin Huseynov, who exposed cases of politically motivated prosecution."