Azerbaijan accused of ramping up repression of critics ahead of hosting UN climate summit
Azerbaijan has had a poor human rights record for many years ... of spearheading an intensifying crackdown on freedom of speech ahead of the climate summit, including against climate activists and journalists. Aliyev’s father, Haidar, ruled Azerbaijan ...
Oil and gas are gift of god, Azerbaijan president tells climate summit
Oil and gas are a “gift of god”, Azerbaijan ’s president Ilham Aliyev told the Cop29 climate conference on Tuesday. Speaking to delegates at the United Nations summit, held in the capital city of Baku, Mr Aliyev defended his nation’s fossil fuel resources after some campaigners had criticised holding the event in Azerbaijan.
Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azernaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks
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An official with Azerbaijan's Presidency of next week's United Nations COP29 climate summit appeared to offer to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals ahead of the conference, according to a video secretly recorded by an advocacy group.
Azerbaijan accused of ramping up repression of critics ahead of UN climate summit
Azerbaijan has had a poor human rights record for many years and the government has regularly targeted journalists, activists and independent politicians. President Ilham Aliyev and his administration are accused by human rights organizations of spearheading an intensifying crackdown on freedom of speech ahead of the climate summit,
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As officials from around the world gather in Baku for the United Nations climate change conference, civil society groups are highlighting Azerbaijan’s poor human rights record, including the jailings of more than a dozen journalists over the past year.
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Climate Clash at COP29: Azerbaijan's Energy Defense Amid Global Tensions
At the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev rebuked Western critics of his nation's oil and gas sector, while U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticized reliance on ...
‘World must pay up, or humanity will pay the price,’ Guterres warns COP29 climate summit
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for 'climate justice' in his address to the United Nations annual ...