'Crushed and downtrodden': Azerbaijan's COP29 crackdown
Baku (AFP) Sept 17, 2024
Azerbaijani rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli was picking up his son from kindergarten when police arrested him in front of the children. His arrest was one of the latest in a series which critics say undermines the oil-rich nation's credibility as a host of the United Nations COP29 climate change conference in November. Mammadli has been locked up since April 29 and ris
Azerbaijani rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli was picking up his son from kindergarten when police arrested him in front of the children. His arrest was one of the latest in a series which critics say undermines the oil-rich nation's credibility as a host of the United Nations COP29 climate change conference in November. Mammadli has been locked up since April 29 and ris