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Azerbaijan: Human Rights

Commons · Question 4729 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Chris Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the Azerbaijani government’s (a) human rights record and (b) treatment of political dissidents.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Sep 2024

Along with our international partners, we continue to urge Azerbaijan to improve human rights protections for all its citizens. Azerbaijan's hosting of COP29 in November provides the country with an opportunity to demonstrate meaningful action in this reg...