Regional Human Rights and Media Center

Regional Human Rights and Media Center is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organization that was established under the basis of human rights of its employees, joining voluntarily under the general interests. The activity purpose of the company is to protect human rights in region and to promote development of mass media. Therefore, the organization organizes several activities in the protection of human rights and development of mass media. The organization, conducts activities to provide legal assistance for people, to investigate their problems, to enlighten people, to enforce their knowledge of law and to protect freedom of speech and mass media. In order to realize these activities, the organization conducts investigations, organizes several courses, seminars, round-table conferences and meetings. Regional Human Rights and Media Center is one of the leading regional organizations, involved in promotion of human rights and media development in Aran region of Azerbaijan. So far, the organization has implemented several projects on media, human rights defense, and awareness-raising activities among people.

The goal of the organization: Development of democratic values, protection of human rights, provision of freedom of speech and Media and religious tolerance. The organization fulfils the following objectives according to its goals:

– Propagate and develop religious tolerance;

– Prepare registration documents of juridical persons and defend them at courts;

– The Defence of Prisoner rights;

– Support develop intitatives of youth;

– Support democratic initiatives;

– Protection of human rights and freedoms;

– Providing citizens with legal aid;

– Protection of freedom of speech and Media;

– Increasing legal education of citizens.

Address: 

Garabag settlement,

Barda, Azerbaijan.
Tel:  (+994 50)363-57-10
e-mail: humanrights_mc@yahoo.com

Website: http://regionalhumanrights.org/

 

 Khalid Kazimov

 Khalid Kazimov joined Open Government Partnership in September 2016. He is the Chairman for Regional Human Rights and Media Center since 2008. At the same time, he works as an editor for Modern.az from 2015 till present. From 2002 to 2015 Mr. Khalid worked as a journalist in various newspapers such as ‘Uch noqta’, ‘Bizim Azerbaijan Namina’, ‘Yeni Istiqlal’ and ‘Vahdat’.

Mr. Khalid holds a Master’s degree in Azerbaijan Language from Baku State University and Bachelor’s degree in Philology from Azerbaijan state Pedagogical University.

 

Email: xalidvahidoglu@gmail.com