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    Dear all<br>
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    Particularly for those of you in France, it would be good to make
    sure this letter gets as much exposure as possible.<br>
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    Anriette<br>
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                                                          Mr. François
                                                          Hollande</p>
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                                                          President of
                                                          the Republic
                                                          of France</p>
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                                                          Palais de
                                                          l’Élysée</p>
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                                                          <em><span
                                                          style="font-size:9px;">Baku,
                                                          Azerbaijan</span></em></p>
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                                                          <em><span
                                                          style="font-size:9px;">May
                                                          10, 2014</span></em></p>
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                                                          <strong>Azerbaijan’s
                                                          Civil Society
                                                          Letter to
                                                          French
                                                          President
                                                          Hollande on
                                                          Human Rights
                                                          Violations in
                                                          Azerbaijan</strong></p>
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                                                          Mr. President:</p>
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                                                          In advance of
                                                          the upcoming
                                                          visit to Baku
                                                          we write to
                                                          request that
                                                          human rights
                                                          form a
                                                          significant
                                                          part of your
                                                          talks with
                                                          President
                                                          Aliyev. We
                                                          specifically
                                                          call on you to
                                                          make
                                                          unmistakably
                                                          clear that
                                                          progress in
                                                          strengthening
                                                          France-Azerbaijan
                                                          economic and
                                                          security ties
                                                          will not be
                                                          possible
                                                          without
                                                          measurable
                                                          progress to
                                                          address
                                                          continuing
                                                          harassment and
                                                          persecution of
                                                          human rights
                                                          defenders,
                                                          journalists
                                                          and political
                                                          activists in
                                                          Azerbaijan and
                                                          systematic
                                                          violations of
                                                          freedom of
                                                          expression,
                                                          association,
                                                          and peaceful
                                                          assembly.</p>
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                                                          Azerbaijan’s
                                                          chairmanship
                                                          of he Council
                                                          of Europe’s
                                                          Committee of
                                                          Ministers will
                                                          start in less
                                                          than a week
                                                          from now.</p>
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                                                          As one of the
                                                          Council of
                                                          Europe’s
                                                          founding-nations,
                                                          France works
                                                          towards
                                                          strengthening
                                                          the Council’s
                                                          role,
                                                          particularly
                                                          in its unique
                                                          core issues:
                                                          promoting
                                                          human rights,
                                                          the rule of
                                                          law and
                                                          democracy. We
                                                          therefore
                                                          expect your
                                                          country to
                                                          play more
                                                          active role in
                                                          terms of
                                                          promotion of
                                                          human rights
                                                          in Azerbaijan-
                                                          officially a
                                                          European
                                                          country, as
                                                          far as the
                                                          Council of
                                                          Europe is
                                                          concerned –
                                                          but
                                                          unrecognizable
                                                          as such from a
                                                          human rights
                                                          perspective.</p>
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                                                          Since
                                                          beginning of
                                                          2013 when
                                                          Parliamentary
                                                          Assembly of
                                                          the Council of
                                                          Europe
                                                          rejected a
                                                          resolution on
                                                          political
                                                          prisoners in
                                                          Azerbaijan,
                                                          the
                                                          authorities
                                                          have put
                                                          behind bars at
                                                          least 30
                                                          Azerbaijani
                                                          civil society
                                                          activists,
                                                          journalists
                                                          and human
                                                          rights
                                                          defenders. In
                                                          recent weeks
                                                          there has been
                                                          a marked
                                                          escalation in
                                                          the crackdown
                                                          on those
                                                          advocating
                                                          human rights
                                                          and political
                                                          reform in
                                                          Azerbaijan,
                                                          with two
                                                          prominent
                                                          civil society
                                                          figures, <strong>Rauf
                                                          Mirkadirov</strong>
                                                          and <strong>Leyla
                                                          Yunus,
                                                          chevalier of </strong><strong>Légion
                                                          d'honneur</strong>
                                                          amongst those
                                                          targeted in a
                                                          spate of
                                                          arrests and
                                                          detentions.</p>
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                                                          On 6 May Baku
                                                          court ruled
                                                          for the
                                                          convictions of
                                                          <strong>eight
                                                          leading
                                                          activists with
                                                          N!DA Youth
                                                          Movement</strong>
                                                          for their role
                                                          in promoting
                                                          pro-democracy
                                                          demonstrations,
                                                          despite the
                                                          fact that
                                                          their offenses
                                                          consisted
                                                          solely of
                                                          peacefully
                                                          advocating
                                                          political
                                                          change.
                                                          Investigations
                                                          led by human
                                                          rights NGOs
                                                          and diplomatic
                                                          community into
                                                          the trials of
                                                          these and
                                                          other
                                                          individuals
                                                          lead us to
                                                          share the
                                                          concern
                                                          expressed by
                                                          the different
                                                          institutions
                                                          and mandate
                                                          holders
                                                          including
                                                          Council of
                                                          Europe’s Human
                                                          Rights
                                                          Commissioner
                                                          about the lack
                                                          of fairness
                                                          and due
                                                          process
                                                          afforded to
                                                          the defendants
                                                          and the
                                                          especially
                                                          harsh
                                                          sentences
                                                          handed down,
                                                          including
                                                          lengthy jail
                                                          sentences  
                                                          for prominent
                                                          human rights
                                                          defenders,
                                                          journalists as
                                                          well as
                                                          political
                                                          opposition
                                                          leaders such <strong>as
                                                          Avaz Zeynalli,
                                                          Hilal
                                                          Mammadov, Tofig
                                                          Yagublu and
                                                          Ilgar
                                                          Mammadov.</strong></p>
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                                                          In the lead up
                                                          to the
                                                          Council’s
                                                          chairmanship,
                                                          there has been
                                                          <strong>a rise
                                                          in harassment
                                                          of Civil
                                                          Society
                                                          Organizations
                                                          (CSO)</strong>
                                                          in Azerbaijan.
                                                          Official
                                                          intimidation
                                                          tactics have
                                                          included the
                                                          levying of
                                                          heavy fines on
                                                          CSOs for petty
                                                          administrative
                                                          lapses; the
                                                          wave of
                                                          inspections of
                                                          Azerbaijani
                                                          non-governmental
                                                          organizations
                                                          by the
                                                          country's law
                                                          enforcement
                                                          and tax
                                                          authorities;
                                                          the
                                                          publication of
                                                          defamatory
                                                          articles
                                                          against civil
                                                          society
                                                          members in the
                                                          press; denial
                                                          of permission
                                                          to civil
                                                          society groups
                                                          to hold
                                                          meetings in
                                                          public spaces;
                                                          and so on.</p>
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                                                          The defeat in
                                                          January 2013
                                                          of a key
                                                          resolution at
                                                          the
                                                          Parliamentary
                                                          Assembly of
                                                          the Council of
                                                          Europe on
                                                          political
                                                          prisoners in
                                                          Azerbaijan,
                                                          combined with
                                                          the failure of
                                                          top European
                                                          Union
                                                          officials to
                                                          prioritize
                                                          human rights
                                                          during their
                                                          talks with
                                                          President
                                                          Aliyev– left
                                                          the government
                                                          feeling
                                                          confident,
                                                          while
                                                          Azerbaijani
                                                          civil society
                                                          became further
                                                          disillusioned
                                                          with these
                                                          bodies.</p>
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                                                          In this
                                                          context,
                                                          France as
                                                          founding
                                                          member of the
                                                          Council of
                                                          Europe, have a
                                                          responsibility
                                                          to address
                                                          human rights
                                                          violations in
                                                          Azerbaijan,
                                                          and make
                                                          recommendations
                                                          to the
                                                          government of
                                                          Azerbaijan to
                                                          bring about an
                                                          improvement in
                                                          the human
                                                          rights
                                                          situation in
                                                          the country. </p>
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                                                          We urge you
                                                          and the French
                                                          government to
                                                          raise these
                                                          issues at the
                                                          highest levels
                                                          with the
                                                          Azerbaijani
                                                          authorities,
                                                          and to
                                                          criticize
                                                          publicly the
                                                          repression of
                                                          free speech
                                                          and free
                                                          association,
                                                          the harassment
                                                          of human
                                                          rights
                                                          defenders, and
                                                          to call for
                                                          the immediate
                                                          release of the
                                                          detained
                                                          activists.</p>
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                                                          We thank you
                                                          for your
                                                          consideration
                                                          and we wish
                                                          you a
                                                          productive
                                                          meeting.</p>
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                                                          Sincerely,</p>
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                                                          <span
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                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Akif
                                                          Gurbanov</strong></em>
                                                          - Democratic
                                                          Initiatives
                                                          Institute</span></p>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Alovsat
                                                          Aliyev </strong></em>-
                                                          Azerbaijan
                                                          Migration
                                                          Center</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Aytekin 
                                                          Imranova </strong></em>-
                                                          Islam,
                                                          Democracy and
                                                          Human Rights
                                                          Center</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Aynur
                                                          Imranova </strong></em>-
                                                          Support for
                                                          Development
                                                          of  Democracy
                                                          and Media     </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Arzu
                                                          Abdullayeva </strong></em>-
                                                          Helsinki
                                                          Citizens
                                                          Assembly -
                                                          Azerbaijan</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Elchin
                                                          Abdullayev</strong></em>
                                                          - Democratic
                                                          Institutions
                                                          and Human
                                                          Rights</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Elshan
                                                          Hasanov </strong></em>-
                                                          Azerbaijan
                                                          Without
                                                          Political
                                                          Prisoners</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Emin
                                                          Huseynov</strong></em>
                                                          - Institute
                                                          for Reporters’
                                                          Freedom and
                                                          Safety</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Fuad
                                                          Hasanov </strong></em>-
                                                          Democracy
                                                          Monitor</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>GulnaraAkhundova
                                                          </strong></em>- 
                                                          lawyer</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Gubad
                                                          Ibadoglu </strong></em>- 
                                                          Public
                                                          Initiatives
                                                          Center</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Gunay
                                                          Ismayilova</strong></em>
                                                          -  lawyer</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>JasurMammadov</strong></em>
                                                          -  Doctrine
                                                          Journalists’
                                                          Military
                                                          Research
                                                          Center</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Intigam
                                                          Aliyev</strong></em>
                                                          - Legal
                                                          Education
                                                          Society</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Idrak
                                                          Abbasov</strong></em>
                                                          - Institute of
                                                          Extreme
                                                          Journalism</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Leila
                                                          Alieva</strong></em>
                                                          -  Center for
                                                          National and
                                                          International
                                                          Studies</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Letafet
                                                          Malikova</strong></em>
                                                          - Regional
                                                          Human Rights
                                                          and Education </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mahammad
                                                          Talibli </strong></em>-
                                                          Economic
                                                          Innovation
                                                          Center</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mammadhasan
                                                          Hasanov</strong></em>
                                                          - Landmine
                                                          Victims
                                                          Association</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mirvari
                                                          Gahramanli</strong></em>
                                                          - Center for
                                                          the Protection
                                                          of Oil
                                                          workers'
                                                          Rights</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><strong><em>Rasul
                                                          Jafarov</em></strong>
                                                          - Legal
                                                          Protection and
                                                          Awareness
                                                          Society</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Razi
                                                          Nurullayev </strong></em>-
                                                          "Region"
                                                          International
                                                          Analytical
                                                          Center</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Rashid
                                                          Hacili</strong></em>
                                                          - Media Rights
                                                          Institute</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Ogtay
                                                          Gulaliyev </strong></em>-
                                                          Society for
                                                          Democratic
                                                          Reforms</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><strong><em>Samir
                                                          Kazimli</em></strong>
                                                          - Alliance for
                                                          Protection of
                                                          Political</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;">Freedoms</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>ShahinHajiyev</strong></em>
                                                          - Najaf
                                                          Najafov Fund</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><strong>Sevil
                                                          Yuzbashova</strong>
                                                          - Eco-World</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Ulvi
                                                          Hasanli</strong></em>,
                                                          NIDA Civic
                                                          Movement</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Zaur
                                                          Akbar</strong></em>
                                                          - Youth Club</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><strong><em>Zohrab
                                                          Ismayil</em></strong>
                                                          -  Assistance
                                                          to Free
                                                          Economy</span></p>
                                                      </td>
                                                    </tr>
                                                  </tbody>
                                                </table>
                                              </div>
                                            </td>
                                          </tr>
                                        </tbody>
                                      </table>
                                    </td>
                                    <td
                                      style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trebuchet
                                      MS';font-size:11px;" valign="top"
                                      width="50%">
                                      <table cellpadding="0"
                                        cellspacing="0" border="0"
                                        height="100%" width="100%">
                                        <tbody>
                                          <tr>
                                            <td
                                              style="padding-top:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;color:#000000;font-family:'Trebuchet
                                              MS';font-size:11px;"
                                              valign="top">
                                              <div class="">
                                                <table
                                                  style="word-wrap:break-word;table-layout:fixed;"
                                                  cellpadding="0"
                                                  cellspacing="0"
                                                  border="0"
                                                  width="100%">
                                                  <tbody>
                                                    <tr>
                                                      <td
                                                        style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trebuchet
MS';font-size:11px;">
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <strong>Azerbaïdjan</strong>Monsieur
                                                          François
                                                          Hollande</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Président de
                                                          la République
                                                          française</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Palais de
                                                          l’Élysée</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:9px;"><em>Bakou, Azerbaïdjan</em></span></p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:9px;">le
                                                          10 mai 2014</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <strong>Courrier
                                                          de la société
                                                          civile
                                                          d’Azerbaïdjan
                                                          au Président
                                                          de la
                                                          République
                                                          française
                                                          François
                                                          Hollande
                                                          concernant les
                                                          violations des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan</strong></p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Monsieur le
                                                          Président,</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          En vue de
                                                          votre visite à
                                                          Bakou, nous
                                                          vous écrivons
                                                          pour vous
                                                          présenter
                                                          notre demande
                                                          que le respect
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l’homme figure
                                                          comme une
                                                          partie
                                                          significative
                                                          de vos
                                                          discussions
                                                          avec le
                                                          Président
                                                          Aliyev. Nous
                                                          vous adressons
                                                          en particulier
                                                          à vous pour
                                                          que vous
                                                          fassiez
                                                          entendre
                                                          clairement que
                                                          le processus
                                                          de
                                                          rapprochement
                                                          sur les
                                                          questions
                                                          économiques et
                                                          de sécurité
                                                          entre la
                                                          France et
                                                          l’Azerbaïdjan
                                                          serait
                                                          impossible
                                                          sans des
                                                          progrès
                                                          mesurables en
                                                          matière de
                                                          harcèlement et
                                                          persécution de
                                                          défenseurs des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme, de
                                                          journalistes
                                                          et
                                                          d’activistes
                                                          politiques en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          ainsi que de
                                                          violations
                                                          systématiques
                                                          des droits à
                                                          la liberté
                                                          d’expression,
                                                          d’association
                                                          et d’assemblée
                                                          pacifique.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          La présidence
                                                          par
                                                          l’Azerbaïdjan
                                                          du Comité des
                                                          ministres du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe va
                                                          débuter dans
                                                          moins d’une
                                                          semaine.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          En tant qu’un
                                                          des membres
                                                          fondateurs du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe, la
                                                          France
                                                          s’engage à
                                                          renforcer
                                                          l’institution,
                                                          en particulier
                                                          sur ses
                                                          questions les
                                                          plus
                                                          fondamentales :
                                                          promotion des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme, de
                                                          l’État de
                                                          droit et de la
                                                          démocratie.
                                                          Nous nous
                                                          attendons dès
                                                          lors à ce que
                                                          la France joue
                                                          un rôle plus
                                                          important en
                                                          matière de
                                                          promotion des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan –
                                                          officiellement
                                                          un pays
                                                          européen, en
                                                          tant que
                                                          membre du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe, mais
                                                          méconnaissable
                                                          dans la
                                                          famille
                                                          européenne
                                                          quand il est
                                                          question de
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Depuis le
                                                          début de
                                                          l’année 2013,
                                                          lorsque
                                                          l’Assemblée
                                                          parlementaire
                                                          du Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe
                                                          rejeta la
                                                          résolution sur
                                                          les
                                                          prisonniers
                                                          politiques en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          les autorités
                                                          ont arrêtés au
                                                          moins 30
                                                          activistes de
                                                          la société
                                                          civile
                                                          d’Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          des
                                                          journalistes
                                                          et des
                                                          défenseurs des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme. Ces
                                                          dernières
                                                          semaines ont
                                                          été marquées
                                                          par une
                                                          escalade de la
                                                          répression
                                                          contre ceux
                                                          qui défendent
                                                          les droits de
                                                          l’homme et
                                                          prônent des
                                                          réformes
                                                          politiques en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          avec deux
                                                          personnalités
                                                          de la société
                                                          civiles visées
                                                          dans la série
                                                          d’arrestations
                                                          et de
                                                          détentions,
                                                          Rauf
                                                          Mirkadirov et
                                                          Leyla Yunus,
                                                          chevalier de
                                                          la Légion
                                                          d’honneur.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Le 6 mai 2014,
                                                          le tribunal de
                                                          Baku a
                                                          condamné huit
                                                          militants du
                                                          mouvement de
                                                          jeunes N!DA,
                                                          dû à leur rôle
                                                          dans la
                                                          promotion de
                                                          manifestations
                                                          en faveur de
                                                          la démocratie,
                                                          en dépit du
                                                          fait que leurs
                                                          délits n’est
                                                          été que de
                                                          militer
                                                          pacifiquement
                                                          pour un
                                                          changement
                                                          politique. Les
                                                          observations
                                                          menées par des
                                                          organisations
                                                          de défense des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme et la
                                                          communauté
                                                          diplomatiques
                                                          dans les
                                                          audiences de
                                                          ces personnes,
                                                          et d’autres,
                                                          nous mènent à
                                                          partager les
                                                          préoccupations
                                                          exprimées par
                                                          différentes
                                                          institutions
                                                          et titulaires
                                                          de mandat,
                                                          dont le
                                                          Commissaire
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l’homme du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe, sur
                                                          le manque
                                                          d’équité et
                                                          des violations
                                                          des droits de
                                                          la défense,
                                                          ainsi que des
                                                          condamnations
                                                          particulièrement
                                                          dures, dont de
                                                          longues
                                                          sentences
                                                          d’emprisonnement
                                                          pour des
                                                          défenseurs des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme
                                                          réputés, des
                                                          journalistes
                                                          et des
                                                          dirigeants de
                                                          l’opposition
                                                          politique,
                                                          tels que <strong>Avaz
                                                          Zeynalli,
                                                          Hilal
                                                          Mammadov,
                                                           Tofig Yagublu
                                                          et Ilgar
                                                          Mammadov.</strong></p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          En préparation
                                                          de sa
                                                          présidence du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe,
                                                          l’Azerbaïdjan
                                                          a connu un
                                                          accroissement
                                                          du harcèlement
                                                          de la société
                                                          civile. Les
                                                          stratégies
                                                          d’intimidation
                                                          officielles
                                                          ont notamment
                                                          été la
                                                          perception de
                                                          lourdes
                                                          amendes contre
                                                          les
                                                          organisations
                                                          de la société
                                                          civile pour
                                                          des fautes
                                                          administratives
                                                          mineures, une
                                                          vague
                                                          d’inspection
                                                          d’organisation
                                                          Azerbaïdjanaises
                                                          par la police
                                                          et les
                                                          autorités
                                                          fiscales, la
                                                          publication
                                                          d’articles
                                                          diffamatoires
                                                          contre des
                                                          personnalités
                                                          de la société
                                                          civile, ainsi
                                                          que le refus
                                                          pour les
                                                          groupes de la
                                                          société civile
                                                          d’organiser
                                                          des réunion
                                                          dans des
                                                          espaces
                                                          publics.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          La défaite en
                                                          janvier 2013
                                                          de la
                                                          résolution
                                                          clef à
                                                          l’Assemblée
                                                          parlementaire
                                                          du Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe sur
                                                          les
                                                          prisonniers
                                                          politiques en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          allant de pair
                                                          avec le manque
                                                          de volonté de
                                                          dirigeants de
                                                          l’Union
                                                          européenne de
                                                          mettre la
                                                          priorité sur
                                                          les questions
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l’homme dans
                                                          leurs
                                                          discussions
                                                          avec le
                                                          Président
                                                          Aliyev, ont eu
                                                          pour
                                                          conséquence de
                                                          renforcer la
                                                          confiance du
                                                          gouvernement
                                                          en son
                                                          pouvoir, alors
                                                          que la société
                                                          civile en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan
                                                          est devenue
                                                          plus déçue
                                                          encore envers
                                                          ces
                                                          institutions.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Dans ce
                                                          contexte, la
                                                          France en tant
                                                          que membre
                                                          fondateur du
                                                          Conseil de
                                                          l’Europe a la
                                                          responsabilité
                                                          d’adresser les
                                                          violations des
                                                          droits de
                                                          l’homme en
                                                          Azerbaïdjan et
                                                          de présenter
                                                          au
                                                          gouvernement
                                                          de la
                                                          République
                                                          d’Azerbaïdjan
                                                          des
                                                          recommandations
                                                          pour améliorer
                                                          la situation
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l’homme dans
                                                          le pays.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Nous vous
                                                          prions
                                                          instamment
                                                          Monsieur le
                                                          Président,
                                                          ainsi que
                                                          votre
                                                          gouvernement,
                                                          de soulever
                                                          ces questions
                                                          avec les plus
                                                          hautes
                                                          autorités
                                                          d’Azerbaïdjan,
                                                          et de
                                                          critiquer
                                                          publiquement
                                                          la répression
                                                          de la liberté
                                                          d’expression
                                                          et de la
                                                          liberté
                                                          d’association,
                                                          le harcèlement
                                                          de défenseurs
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l’homme et
                                                          d’appeler à ce
                                                          que les
                                                          activistes
                                                          détenus soient
                                                          libérés
                                                          immédiatement.</p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          Vous
                                                          remerciant de
                                                          l’attention
                                                          que vous
                                                          porterez à
                                                          notre message
                                                          et vous
                                                          souhaitant un
                                                          séjour
                                                          productif,
                                                          soyez assuré,
                                                          Monsieur le
                                                          Président, de
                                                          notre plus
                                                          haute
                                                          considération.</p>
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                                                style="border-color:
                                                #c2d9e7;">
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                                                    <tr>
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                                                        style="color:#000000;font-family:'Trebuchet
MS';font-size:11px;">
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style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;">Soussigné:<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Akif
                                                          Gurbanov</strong></em>
                                                          - Initiatives
                                                          démocratiques
                                                          Institut<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Alovsat
                                                          Aliyev </strong></em>-
                                                          Azerbaïdjan
                                                          Centre de
                                                          migration<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Aytekin
                                                          Imranova</strong></em>
                                                          - Islam, la
                                                          démocratie et
                                                          le Centre des
                                                          Droits Humains<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Aynur
                                                          Imranova</strong></em>
                                                          - Appui au
                                                          développement
                                                          de la
                                                          démocratie et
                                                          des médias<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Arzu
                                                          Abdullayeva </strong></em>-
                                                          Helsinki
                                                          Citizens
                                                          Assembly -
                                                          Azerbaïdjan<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Elchine
                                                          Abdullayev</strong></em>-
                                                          Institutions
                                                          démocratiques
                                                          et des droits
                                                          de l'homme </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Elshan
                                                          Hasanov</strong></em>
                                                          - Azerbaïdjan
                                                          Sans
                                                          prisonniers
                                                          politiques</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Emin
                                                          Huseynov </strong></em>-
                                                          Institut pour
                                                          la liberté et
                                                          la sécurité
                                                          des reporters</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Fuad
                                                          Hasanov </strong></em>-
                                                          Démocratie
                                                          Moniteur</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Gulnara
                                                          Akhundova</strong></em>
                                                          - avocat</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Gubad
                                                          Ibadoglu</strong></em>
                                                          - Initiatives
                                                          publiques
                                                          Centre<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Gunay
                                                          Ismayilova </strong></em>-
                                                          avocat<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>JasurMammadov</strong></em>
                                                          -
                                                          "Doctrine" Centre
                                                          de recherche
                                                          militaire </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Intigam
                                                          Aliyev</strong></em>
                                                          - Legal
                                                          Education
                                                          Society</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Idrâk
                                                          Abbasov</strong></em>
                                                          - Institut de
                                                          journalisme
                                                          extrême</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Leila
                                                          Alieva</strong></em>
                                                          - Centre
                                                          d'études
                                                          nationales et
internationales</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Letafet
                                                          Malikova </strong></em>- régionaux
                                                          des droits de
                                                          l'homme et de
                                                          l'éducation</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mahammad
                                                          Talibli </strong></em>-
                                                          Centre
                                                          d'innovation
                                                          économique</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mammadhasan
                                                          Hasanov </strong></em>-
                                                          victimes de
                                                          mines
                                                          antipersonnel
                                                          Association</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Mirvari
                                                          Gahramanli</strong></em>
                                                          - Centre pour
                                                          la protection
                                                          des droits des
                                                          travailleurs
                                                          du pétrole</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Rasul
                                                          Jafarov </strong></em>-
                                                          protection
                                                          juridique et
                                                          de la Société
                                                          de
                                                          sensibilisation</span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Razi
                                                          Nurullayev </strong></em>-
                                                          "Région"
                                                          Centre
                                                          international
                                                          d'analyse<br>
                                                          </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                           </p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Rashid
                                                          Hacili </strong></em>-
                                                          Institut des
                                                          droits médias </span></p>
                                                        <p
style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;">
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-size:10px;"><em><strong>Ogtay
                                                          Gulaliyev </strong></em>-
                                                          Société pour
                                                          la poursuite
                                                          des réformes
                                                          démocratiques</span></p>
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                                                          Mouvement
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                                                          libre </span></p>
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