Concerning increasing control on Azerbaijani NGOs
[07.11.2009]
The Human Rights House Foundation,
the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Rafto Foundation, the South
Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Belarusian Human
Rights House in exile in Vilnius are concerned about the noticeable
tendency in Azerbaijan to put local non-governmental organisations
under increased government control following the recent amendments to
the NGO law. The amended law allows the government to collect
information on NGOs without referring to any specific purpose
articulataed in this or other laws.
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