Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Gov’t Is Using COP29 as Chance to “Enrich the Regime”
Published on: Monday 18 November 2024
In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host countryâs record on human rights. âConsidering that our economy is completely relying on oil and gas sales and the COP29 is a great place to have a lot of oil and gas lobbyists, itâs actually a great chance for the Azerbaijani government to have more oil and gas contracts ⦠and then to enrich the regime itself,â says Zhala Bayramova, a human rights lawyer focused on LGBTQ rights now. Their
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Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Gov’t Is Using COP29 as Chance to “Enrich the Regime”