LGBTI+s were attacked on Heydar Aliyev Avenue in Khirdalan

On the night of August 12-13, four LGBTI+s were attacked in one of the buildings on Heydar Aliyev Avenue in Khirdalan. Athletes are said to be among the attackers. This was reported by journalist Avaz Hafizli.

According to him, one of the individuals was injured in the attack and taken to hospital. Police arrived at the scene.

There have been a series of attacks on the LGBTI+ community in Azerbaijan since the beginning of this year. In May and June alone, about 10 attacks on the LGBTI+ community were reported. The news portal Minority Azerbaijan covered the attacks and international human rights organisations ILGA-Europe, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) and RFSL issued a statement calling on the government to conduct a fair investigation into those attacks.

It should be noted that, ILGA-Europe published the annual Rainbow Europe Map and Index on May 17, which ranks the legal and political status of LGBTI + in 49 European countries. According to the map and index, Azerbaijan ranks last among 49 countries.