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	<title>Democracy Digest &#187; Leyla Yunus</title>
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		<title>NGOs petition to end torture in Azerbaijan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijani civil society groups are urging international support for an investigation into torture cases in Azerbaijan, RFE/RL reports.
The initiative is aimed at &#8220;naming and shaming&#8221; those who commit torture, Institute for Peace and Democracy Director Leyla Yunus told RFE/RL. The institute is a partner of the National Endowment for Democracy.
Several nongovernmental organizations have organized a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Azerbaijan: &#8217;soft authoritarianism&#8217; hardens as new laws threaten civil society, independent media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An extra-ordinary session of Azerbaijan&#8217;s parliament convenes tomorrow to consider proposed legislation on non-governmental organizations and the media which critics believe will seriously undermine rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association. The debate takes place just 10 days after the proposed amendments were made public, giving critics little chance to mobilize or comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Azerbaijan vs. freedom of expression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Azerbaijani government has postponed the trial  of human rights activist Leyla Yunus, head of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy. Human rights groups have called for the authorities to abandon a libel case against Yunus who is accused of &#8220;insulting&#8221; the interior ministry and causing &#8220;moral [...]]]></description>
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