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<p>The UK consistently raises human rights concerns with the Government of Azerbaijan,
including during Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council
of Europe. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon.
Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington), visited Baku in November 2014 and
discussed concerns about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan with both the President
and the Foreign Minister. In addition to statements from Mr Lidington, the UK has
supported EU and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) statements
on human rights issues. In August 2014 we discussed the treatment of non-governmental
organisations with Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the UK. In the Council of Europe, the
UK has made a number of statements about the arrest and detention of members of civil
society, in addition to raising it bilaterally. As a member of the Council of Europe,
Azerbaijan is a party to the European Convention on Human Rights, and we regularly
encourage Azerbaijan to implement its Council of Europe commitments.</p><p> </p>
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