Elchin Hasanov
HRD, Deputy Director
Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (SULESY)
Elchin Hasanov is a journalist and Deputy Director of the Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (SULESY), an organisation which provides free legal assistance to low income families and legal support for local NGOs.
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The space for human rights defenders (HRDs) and NGOs has been steadily shrinking in Azerbaijan. A number of legislative amendments have been adopted in recent years that restrict the work of HRDs and put their activities under strict governmental control. The roundup of the most prominent HRDs and their subsequent trials and imprisonment indicate that Azerbaijan is well on the road towards authoritarianism, seemingly adopting a Russian-style contempt of civil society.
