BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 31. Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) of Azerbaijan Sabina Aliyeva has sent an open letter to Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tirana Hassan, the statement of the press service of the Ombudsperson's office said, Trend reports.
The letter notes that the organization has demonstrated a biased and one-sided attitude toward Azerbaijan in its report for 2024.
“Instead of relying on data open to the general public, annual and parallel reports of the Ombudsperson regarding the situation with the protection of human rights and freedoms, on activities to prevent torture, Human Rights Watch relies on suspicious and biased sources.
Moreover, representatives of the National Preventive Group met with several persons mentioned in the HRW report and no facts of torture or ill-treatment were recorded,” the letter of the Ombudsperson reads.
The Ombudsperson also emphasized that despite the important decisions taken to eliminate the consequences of climate change during the SOR29 in Azerbaijan, which became a platform for effective discussions to prevent climate change, HRW in its report did not note these successes in solving urgent problems.
Simultaneously, the letter of Aliyeva emphasizes that the HWR report does not mention that due to the long-term occupation policy of Armenia, the fundamental rights and freedoms of over one million Azerbaijanis were grossly violated, and hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis were forcibly expelled from Armenia. The work on the safe return of former IDPs to the liberated territories is also not noted, which is an indicator of the manifestation of double standards against Azerbaijan.
Sabina Aliyeva urged Human Rights Watch to be fair, impartial, and based on confirmed facts when preparing its reports.
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