“The government took steps to investigate some officials for human rights abuses, but impunity remained a problem,” – reads the 2022 Report on Human Rights Practices issued by the US Department of State.
According to the report, the government’s failure to credibly investigate and prosecute the organizers of the July 2021 violence in advance of the Pride March resulted in impunity for those abuses.
“Lack of accountability also continued for the inappropriate police use of force against journalists and protesters during June 2019 demonstrations and the 2017 abduction and rendition from the country of Azerbaijani journalist and activist Afgan Mukhtarli”, reads the document.
