Azerbaijan Committe Against Tortures

Resident of Mashtaga settlement in Baki Khalilova Valida Memmed gizi appealed to Committee concerning his son’s death during his military service. more

Resident of Salyan district Agayev Ilyas Balakishi appealed to committee concerning his son’s execution with tortures during his military service. more

Inhabitant of Qejer-Zeyid village of Guba district Jamiyev Shemseddin Gurbet ohlu appealed to the Committee with the fact of being beaten by Representative of Execution Body of Guba district. more

Projects implemented by the
Azerbaijan Committee Against Tortures (ACAT)

Azerbaijan Committee Against Tortures (ACAT) is realizing the project of “Monitoring of detention centers at the law-enforcement bodies” with support of OSCE's Baku Office.

- ACAT realized the project of “Monitoring of tortures facts during court procedures” with support of Embassy of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. During the project ACAT together with representatives of corporate organizations observed court procedures and investigated torture facts. In the end of the project ACAT published leaflet as a report named “Monitoring of torture facts during court procedures”.

- ACAT held project of “Human Rights Training for Police Officers” Laws, Decrees and Conventions with the support of US Embassy in Azerbaijan. In the frame of this project ACAT held trainings with employees of Baku City Main Police Office, District Police station and students of Police Academy concerning to human rights

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New York Times,
March 21, 2008
Muhammad Rahim was in C.I.A. detention for at least six months as part of a program in which C.I.A. officers have been authorized to use harsh interrogation techniques.

The Times,
March 19, 2008
Dalai Lama threatens to stand down over violence as China calls him a liar. He responded to charges from China that he orchestrated deadly riots in Lhasa to sabotage the Olympics with a pledge to resign as temporal leader of Tibet’s Buddhist people if the violence — on both sides — did not stop.

New York Times,
March 9, 2008
How do you get a terrorist to talk? Despite the questioning of tens of thousands of captives in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last six years, and a high-decibel political battle over torture, experts say there has been little serious research to answer that crucial question.

Deutsche Welle,
March 8, 2008
The Swedish military has accused French soldiers of torturing civilians during the EU-led Operation Artemis in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003, one of the bloc's first joint missions. Five years ago, the European Union sent some 1,500 soldiers to DR Congo as part of a UN mission to take action against the bandits marauding the north-eastern part of the country. The troops were there to protect the civilians.

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