
Sheila Paylan
@sheilapaylan
Human Rights Lawyer | Consultant @UN | Speaker | Writer
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06-09-2023 10:12:32
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#Azerbaijan's authorities have reopened a 2014 criminal investigation that led to the country’s most sweeping crackdown on human rights defenders & journalists in recent history. The goal is clear - wiping out independent activism. Read more from Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/04/2…




In the face of mounting concessions to Azerbaijan, Sheila Paylan argues that Armenia risks trading dignity for illusionary peace and explores the fine line between pragmatism and surrender, and why national self-respect must never be collateral. evnreport.com/columns/pride-…

From Ulviyya Guliyeva, whom most of you know as Ulviyya Ali: If you are reading this message, it means I have been slandered and unlawfully imprisoned for my journalistic work.

Journalist Ulviyya Ali (Ulviyya Ali) and activist Ahmad Mammadli (Əhməd Məmmədli) were detained today. They were abducted separately. I saw both of them yesterday. Unbelievable to see this drastic change in one day.




CPJ condemns the latest arrests in #Azerbaijan's vast media crackdown - former Voice of America reporter Ulviyya Ali and Əhməd Məmmədli - increasing the crackdown tally of jailed journalists to 25. cpj.org/2025/05/azerba…

Ulviyya (Ulviyya Ali) sent horrible news from prison: "I received rape threats from Azerbaijani police twice in a single day"


Aude Darnal MFA of Armenia🇦🇲 ORF Caitriona Heinl Dr Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy | 馮儒莎 Rachel Rizzo Internet Exchange Dr Erin Watson Alica Kizekova Alisee Pornet Amanda Sloat Nigar Göksel Leonid Nersisyan Areg Kochinyan Cools Marc Armen Grigoryan Sunjoy Joshi Dr. Satoru Nagao(長尾 賢) Judith Mwaniki Baratang Miya Anja Wehler-Schoeck Հայկ Եսայան Tamara Lagurashvili Irina Ghaplanyan Dhruva Jaishankar · ध्रुव जयशंकर Samir Saran Zbigniew PISARSKI .Sheila Paylan, International Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Legal Consultant, United Nations, will join us at the #YerevanDialogue2025 🗓 26–27 May 2025 | 📍Yerevan Know more 👉 yerevandialogue.com


#YerevanDialogue2025 | Upholding Justice: The Global Imperative of the Rule of Law We are tweeting the key takeaways from the session featuring Anna Vardapetyan, Osvaldo Zavala Giler, Boštjan Škrlec, Nancy Okail, & Sheila Paylan Stay tuned for more updates!




Reflecting on her own struggle with imposter syndrome, Sheila Paylan unpacks the weight of inherited trauma & Armenian exceptionalism. She calls for a shift—from needing to be seen as exceptional to doing the work of becoming truly excellent. evnreport.com/columns/to-be-…
