Europe must finally impose sanctions on Azerbaijan (LIBERTAS)
- Mar 9
- 2 min read
LIBERTAS welcomes and supports the call* by 36 Members of the European Parliament addressed to Kaja Kallas: it is time to apply European resolutions in response to Azerbaijan’s violations of the law.
The 36 deputies, from all political groups, in a letter to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, essentially demand:
• The activation of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime for human rights violations in Azerbaijan,
• The suspension of energy cooperation as long as Baku fails to meet its commitments,
• Restrictive measures against those responsible for arbitrary detentions and unfair trials.
LIBERTAS endorses these demands and is convinced that Europe’s firmness will notably contribute to the release of the 20 Armenian hostages who are languishing in Baku’s prisons without a fair trial, without access to the ICRC, and without being notified of their verdict.
LIBERTAS encourages European citizens to read the letter* and resolutions** in question and to contact their national and European elected representatives to demand that these sanctions finally be implemented, and to massively share this call.
* Call of the 36 deputies: https://cba5a4cc-f0e0-4fc4-8ca4-28ca80f25e0f.usrfiles.com...
** European resolutions and regulations mentioned in the letter:
Resolution adopted on 30 October 2025 by the Political Committee of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/.../Resolution%20on%20the...
(extract from Article 16: “the need to resolve the outstanding issues of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan and displaced Armenians from the former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region”)
Resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 18 December 2025 entitled “The detention of opposition figures in Azerbaijan” – procedure 2025/2596(RSP):
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2588 of 15 December 2025:
LIBERTAS Press Release (in French) "L’Europe doit enfin sanctionner l’Azerbaïdjan" : https://cba5a4cc-f0e0-4fc4-8ca4-28ca80f25e0f.usrfiles.com/ugd/cba5a4_86a45f48ef1a4a4fbe78f741e4e31acb.pdf
