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spiralsheepGubad Ibadoglu and Anar Mammadli and Nazim Beydemirli.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq52l95dd3vo
"This is the third year in a row a country hosting the climate summit has been accused of oppression and curtailing the legal right to protest."
[...]
"'I think it's a big mistake for countries - like Azerbaijan or United Arab Emirates or Egypt - who systematically violate human rights, to be accepted as eligible host countries,' said Azerbaijani journalist and environmental campaigner Emin Huseynov.'
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1. "Gubad Ibadoglu, a 53-year old professor at London university LSE, researches Azerbaijan's oil and gas sectors and environmental issues but in summer 2023 he was arrested on charges of fraud."
[...]
2. "Anar Mammadli was arrested in April on charges of smuggling, just two months after he co-founded an organisation calling for the Azerbaijani government to do more to align with the Paris agreement - a major international treaty on cutting fossil fuel emissions."
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3. "Nazim Beydemirli, 61, was sentenced to eight years in prison in October for extortion. He was arrested last year after he protested about gold mining operations near his village. No evidence was presented during his 15 months of pre-trial detention. His lawyer, Agil Lajic, insists the charges are baseless, and part of a broader pattern of silencing dissent in Azerbaijan ahead of COP29."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq52l95dd3vo
"This is the third year in a row a country hosting the climate summit has been accused of oppression and curtailing the legal right to protest."
[...]
"'I think it's a big mistake for countries - like Azerbaijan or United Arab Emirates or Egypt - who systematically violate human rights, to be accepted as eligible host countries,' said Azerbaijani journalist and environmental campaigner Emin Huseynov.'
[...]
1. "Gubad Ibadoglu, a 53-year old professor at London university LSE, researches Azerbaijan's oil and gas sectors and environmental issues but in summer 2023 he was arrested on charges of fraud."
[...]
2. "Anar Mammadli was arrested in April on charges of smuggling, just two months after he co-founded an organisation calling for the Azerbaijani government to do more to align with the Paris agreement - a major international treaty on cutting fossil fuel emissions."
[...]
3. "Nazim Beydemirli, 61, was sentenced to eight years in prison in October for extortion. He was arrested last year after he protested about gold mining operations near his village. No evidence was presented during his 15 months of pre-trial detention. His lawyer, Agil Lajic, insists the charges are baseless, and part of a broader pattern of silencing dissent in Azerbaijan ahead of COP29."
