Davud Savalanoglu, representative of South Azerbaijan Awakening Movement (SANAM) to Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) made statement on his resignation
Azeris make up roughly 24 percent of Iran's population and Tehran is worried about just whose side they are on as rumors of US infiltration are taken seriously, complicating Azerbaijan's own foreign policy outlook.
UNPO; Southern Azerbaijan: Reports of Border Closings
On April 3, a customs check-point on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border was closed, Zerkalo newspaper (Azerbaijan) reports, saying that hundreds of Azerbaijani and Iranian citizens in Astar and Lerik
UNPO:Iraqi Turkmen: The Human Rights Situation and Crisis in Kerkuk
Conference organised by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM), in partnership with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and the Non-Violent Radical Party
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, looks into the case of Mr. Abbas Lisani
Lisani´s case and that Mr. Lisani is imprisoned because of his peaceful activities in favour of the cultural and linguistic rights of South-Azerbaijanis.
Prominent Iranian Azerbaijani activist Mehdi Babaei Ajabshir (known as Oxtay) was released in January from Tabriz Prison after completing a six-month sentence.
Conference organised by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM), in partnership with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and the Non-Violent Radical Party
Amnesty International has received the names of approximately 100 Iranian Azerbaijanis who were reportedly detained.