"A and 24 others against Azerbaijan" on YouTube!

Nafas LGBTI Azerbaijan Alliance posted the discussion on the events of September 2017 and the case of "A and 24 others against Azerbaijan" in the ECtHR court on their YouTube channel.

Members of Nafas LGBTI Azerbaijan Alliance Vahid Aliyev, Javid Nabiyev, lawyer of the organisation Jala Bayram and chair of Azad LGBT organization Lala Mahmudova took part in the panel discussion.

Nafas LGBTI Azerbaijan Alliance has been advocating for the protection of LGBTI+ rights and social inclusion in Azerbaijan since 2012. Nafas is an LGBTI+ human rights organisation that works with and for the community and sustains its activities in the country.

In 2017, police in Azerbaijan have conducted a violent campaign, arresting and torturing men presumed to be gay or bisexual, as well as trans* women. The campaign is known amongst the community as “LGBTI+ hunt”, as it was the first ever largest hunt of its kind carried out by officials in recent years.

In mid-September of 2017 the police have detained dozens of LGBTI+s on dubious charges, beating and using electric shocks on some of them to coerce bribes and information about other gay men and trans* women.