This video frame grab image provided by Senate Television shows the Senate impeachment trial of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, seated, table at right, facing camera, second from left. The attorney Porteous, facing a rare impeachment trial before the Senate argued Tuesday that Congress would be breaking with precedent by considering many of the charges against him. (AP Photo/Senate Television)

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S Senate Human Rights Caucus will hold a special briefing tomorrow, October 28, to discuss Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses, Turan.az reported.

The panel ‘Human Rights in Azerbaijan: A Pre-Election Preview’ was called by Senators Mark Kirk and Chris Coons, co-chairs of the Caucus, an co-sponsored by several human rights watchdogs, such as Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders,.

“In a one year period, civil society in Azerbaijan has experienced an unprecedented and swift assault – dozens of journalists, human rights defenders, and political and religious activists are behind bars on false charges,” according to the organizers of the briefing.

‘Many have been mistreated and are suffering potentially fatal health consequences, including human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus. U.S. civil society and media organizations have been shut down and their employees harassed and arrested, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova. Reports about harassment and imprisonment of local election monitors in Azerbaijan continue to surface in the media.’

Among the briefers there will be Dinara Yunus, daughter of imprisoned human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Kauzlarich, as well as NED’s Miriam Lanskoy and Freedom House’s Tamara Grigoryeva. David Kramer, former deputy secretary of State and currently with McCain Institute, will moderate the briefing.

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