Statement by the spokespersons of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the enactment of amendments to the legislation on non-governmental organisations in Azerbaijan

Statement by the spokespersons of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the enactment of amendments to the legislation on non-governmental organisations in Azerbaijan, Brussels, 12 February 2014.

The recent amendments to NGO legislation in Azerbaijan restrict the environment for an independent and critical civil society, especially in the field of human rights and democracy.