Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus is among the nominations for the Netherlands Human Rights Tulip 2014. Your vote for Leyla is crucial to make sure her voice calling for peace, human rights and justice across borders will not be silenced!
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Leyla Yunus is a pioneering woman human rights defender with a strong track record in peacebuilding and human rights defense. She has been involved in protecting political prisoners, defending women’s rights, combating torture, corruption, human trafficking, and property rights violations, as well as monitoring court proceedings, both in Azerbaijan as beyond national borders. She has been also involved in several activities of the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP). Her outspokenness and ability to generate broad awareness on human rights violations, most recently by speaking out against human rights violations in relation to international events hosted by Azerbaijan (Eurovision Song Festival (2012) and the First European Olympic Games (2015)) have resulted in her arrest and detention (since July 30, 2014) by the Azerbaijan authorities. Five days later her husband Arif was also detained, leaving them both to face inhumane conditions in prison.
Stand with Leyla and support her nomination for the Human Rights Tulip! The Human Rights Tulip will be a recognition for the innovative work of Leyla as a woman human rights activist and her dedication to justice. It will also be a call for support against the inhumane conditions Leyla is facing in prison, being denied access to legal counseling, healthcare and proper food. Moreover, the award will raise awareness on the 98 political prisoners in Azerbaijan - including Leyla as the only woman, and her husband Arif Yunus - and the political pressure human rights activists in Azerbaijan, as all over the world, are facing.
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