MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2994(RSP))
On the continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV
B-10-2024-0223
on behalf of the ESN Group · Rapporteur: Tomasz Froelich
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This resolution addresses the repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan, specifically the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV. It encourages Azerbaijan to provide medical care to prisoners and release detained ethnic Armenians.¶¶¶ It also urges the EU to deepen ties with Azerbaijan, avoid lecturing on democracy and human rights, and address its own deficiencies in these areas.¶¶
Key points
- Encourages Azerbaijan to give prisoners access to medical care and to release ethnic Armenians still in detention for humanitarian reasons and to improve relations with Armenia.¶
- Notes that the EU and Azerbaijan discuss human rights issues within their partnership framework.¶
- Encourages the EU and its member states to deepen their relationship with Azerbaijan in various fields, emphasizing that energy supply should be free from political and ideological debates.¶
- Urges the EU to be cautious in lecturing third states on democracy and human rights, citing the Romanian Constitutional Court's decision to annul the first round of presidential elections as an example of deficiencies within the EU.¶