Time for sanctions on Baku - The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act

Dictators: Lukashenka (Belarus), Putin (Russia), Aliyev (Azerbaijan)...
The American Interest (October 2, 2014)

"After an accelerating series of arrests, Aliyev’s government now holds nearly 100 political prisoners, ---

Beyond the raw numbers, Azerbaijan’s authorities are also getting more thuggish in their handling of critics, journalists, and opposition figures—as well as Westerners. --- Any individual or organization that criticizes Aliyev or promotes democracy is viewed as hostile. Mehdiyev has characterized independent media as “anti-Azerbaijani forces” financed from abroad. --- It’s time, for the United States to apply a law modeled on the 2012 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act to authorities in Baku. A number of Azerbaijani activists have called for such measures. Given the reported assets the Aliyev family and its circle hold overseas, freezing their assets and denying them access and travel to the West might just do the trick.


The State Department should also issue a travel warning to American citizens alerting them of the surveillance, harassment, and possible detention they might face in Azerbaijan."


The American Interest (full text): "Time for sanctions on Baku)
http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/10/02/time-for-sanctions-on-baku/





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