Gerald Knaus of the European Stability Initiative and Paige Alexander of USAID discuss the implications of the ongoing crackdown on human rights in Azerbaijan.
Over the past year, Azerbaijani authorities have escalated pressure on human rights activists and NGOs, further closing space for civil society and dissent. Azerbaijani authorities have targeted both domestic and foreign NGOs, placing procedural hurdles that prevent them from working, launching administrative and criminal investigations, and imprisoning or forcing into hiding or exile many outstanding civil society activists and journalists.
Speakers
- Gerald Knaus, author of the report Caviar Diplomacy, which outlines the ways in which Azerbaijan has sought to undermine the Council of Europe
- Paige Alexander, assistant administrator of USAID for Europe and Eurasia
- Jeff Goldstein, senior policy analyst for Eurasia at the Open Society Foundations (moderator)