Ilham Aliyev visited Victory Square in Minsk (President of the Republic of...
(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) As part of his official visit to the Republic of Belarus, President of the Republic of...
View ArticleIranian hard-liners said to intensify crackdown ahead of key votes
By Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) - Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the Supreme Leader's hard-line allies have cracked down on activists, journalists and artists to try to tighten their grip...
View ArticleAzerbaijani-Belarusian documents were signed (President of the Republic of...
(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) A ceremony of signing the Azerbaijani-Belarusian documents has been held after the expanded meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham...
View ArticleDeciphering Azerbaijan's Secret Service Purge
Deciphering Azerbaijan's Secret Service Purge By Afgan Mukhtarli Nov. 26, 2015 [Afgan Mukhtarli is an Azerbaijani journalist living abroad.] A wave of arrests has followed the sacking of National...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Appeal dismissed: Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to...
(Source: OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture) Paris-Geneva, November 30, 2015 - The appeal filed by prominent investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to contest her 7.5-year jail sentence was...
View ArticleJustice behind bars: The persecution of civil society in Azerbaijan
Dec 1, Baku: A new report published by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) highlights the abuse of the criminal justice system during the current unprecedented civil society crackdown in...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's law enforcement launches special op in Nardaran
A special operation was launched in the Nardaran township of Baku Dec. 1 by Azerbaijani law enforcement authorities, according to a joint message issued by Azerbaijan's interior ministry, national...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Deepens Crackdown On Shi'ite Stronghold
Authorities in Azerbaijan have conducted a sweeping security operation in Nardaran, a suburb of Baku known as a traditional Shi'ite Muslim stronghold. The December 1 raid came just days after armed...
View ArticleNew breaches revealed in report that says Secret Service is 'in crisis'
A man masquerading as a member of Congress walked into a secure backstage area without being properly screened and spoke with President Barack Obama at an awards dinner last fall. Five days later, a...
View ArticleAzerbaijan limits import of meat from Turkey
Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 2 By Anvar Mammadov Trend: Following last week's IEB report on Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Turkey, Azerbaijan issued restriction on import of several products from that country....
View ArticleHead of the Presidential Administration met with President of Azerbaijan...
(Source: President of Ukraine) The Ukrainian delegation consisting of Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Borys Lozhkin, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Regional...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: One Year Anniversary of Ismayilova’s Arrest Highlights Harsh...
(Source: Freedom House) To mark the one year anniversary of the arrest of Khadija Ismayilova, a renowned Azerbaijani investigative journalist, Freedom House released the following statement:...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Joint Statement: Anniversary of journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s...
(Source: OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture) On the eve of the anniversary of the arrest of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, members of the Sport for Rights coalition and the Civic Solidarity...
View ArticleMinister for Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Kurz criticises verdict against...
(Source: Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria) Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Kurz showed himself concerned about the rejection of appeal...
View ArticleI received a death threat from my president for criticising Azerbaijan – any...
Emin Milli joins us for a live Q&A about prison, death threats and being forced to leave home for the crime of being a journalist...
View ArticleSAPS ‘purges’ are a welcome cleansing of the police service (DA - Democratic...
(Source: DA - Democratic Alliance) The DA welcomes reports of a SAPS senior management reshuffle that has been initiated by acting National Police Commissioner, Kgomotso Phahlane, but cautions that...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's Ex-Central Bank Head Detained
Azerbaijani authorities have detained the former chairman of the central bank. Interior Ministry officials said Jahangir Hajiyev was detained on December 5 and will be kept in custody for a period of...
View ArticleImpact: Justice for Eviction in Azerbaijan (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Five years ago, police in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, forcibly evicted Nuriya Khalikova from her apartment in the city center, and detained her for several hours...
View ArticleRescuers find six bodies from Azerbaijan oil rig ablaze, 23 workers still...
BAKU -- Rescuers have found remains for six of dozens of oil workers who went missing following a fire at Azerbaijan's oil rig on Caspian Sea, according to the country's TREND news agency. The bodies...
View ArticleAzerbaijan urged to free investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova
On the anniversary of her arrest, press freedom and human rights groups call for her release and publish new stories about the Aliyev regime...
View ArticleAzerbaijan frees top rights activist Leyla Yunus
Azerbaijan on Wednesday released top rights campaigner Leyla Yunus from prison because of her deteriorating health, less than a month after freeing her activist husband. The move came the day after the...
View ArticleRetired Armenian Officer Arrested On Spy Charges
Armenian authorities have detained a retired military officer on charges of spying for Azerbaijan. The Armenian National Security Service said...
View ArticleOSCE PA’s Santos welcomes release of Azerbaijan’s Leyla Yunus (OSCE -...
(Source: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) COPENHAGEN, 9 December 2015 - The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' release should spur freedom for all prisoners of...
(Source: Amnesty International United Kingdom Section) Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' release should spur freedom for all prisoners of conscience The Azerbaijani authorities must follow up today's...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Should Free Human Rights Defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus (Freedom...
(Source: Freedom House) Ahead of the December 9 appeal hearing for Azerbaijani human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus, Freedom House issued the following statement: 'The health of Leyla Yunus, who...
View ArticleAzerbaijani tanks shell breakaway region: rebels
Azerbaijani tanks on Wednesday shelled positions in the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region for the first time in more than 20 years, as Armenia arrested a retired military officer on suspicion of spying...
View ArticleAzerbaijani tanks shell breakaway region killing one: rebels
Azerbaijani tanks on Wednesday shelled positions in the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region for the first time in more than 20 years, the rebel defence ministry said, as Armenia arrested a former army...
View ArticleTerror-accused enjoyed billionaire's lifestyle with 'friends of Prince...
Secret files have revealed how a man accused of plotting a Mumbai-style attack had enjoyed a billionaire's lifestyle with "good friends" of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry before his arrest. The...
View ArticleTerror-accused enjoyed billionaire's lifestyle, secret trial files reveal
Secret files have revealed how a man accused of plotting a Mumbai-style attack had enjoyed a billionaire's lifestyle with "good friends" of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry before his arrest. The...
View ArticleInternational Human Rights Day: ALDE Group welcomes the release of...
(Source: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) The Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been freed from prison on grounds of her deteriorating health. Together with her...
View ArticleAzerbaijani-Chinese documents were signed (President of the Republic of...
(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) A ceremony of signing the Azerbaijani-Chinese documents has been held after the expanded meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham...
View ArticleAzerbaijan releases human rights activist Leyla Yunus
Campaigner still facing treason charges after being freed from jail because of deteriorating health. RFE/RL reports...
View ArticleAzerbaijan shells separatist territory for first time in 20 years
Representatives from disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region say shots were fired from across the border, killing one soldier...
View ArticleSecret terror trial transcripts reveal accused's luxury lifestyle
Erol Incedal, who was cleared of plotting Mumbai-style attack in London, told court of royal links through billionaire friends...
View ArticleXi Jinping Holds Talks with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan Both Heads...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) On December 10, 2015, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan....
View ArticleAzerbaijan frees top rights activist Leyla Yunus on parole
A court in Azerbaijan on Wednesday ordered release on parole of jailed top rights campaigner Leyla Yunus, citing her deteriorating health less than a month after freeing her activist husband. The move...
View ArticlePress freedom violations recounted in real time January 2015 (RSF - Reporters...
(Source: RSF - Reporters sans frontières) 30.11.2015 - Two journalists attacked in Rajaishahr prison Reporters Without Borders condemns an attack against prisoners of conscience on 28 November in...
View ArticleProsecutor Seeks Seven-Year Jail Term For Azerbaijani Reporter
BAKU -- A prosecutor has asked an Azerbaijani court to sentence journalist Rauf Mirqadirov to seven years in jail in an espionage case. The...
View ArticleFreedom House Welcomes Azerbaijan Democracy Act (Freedom House)
(Source: Freedom House) Freedom House issued the following statement in support of H.R.4264, the Azerbaijan Democracy Act of 2015: 'The Azerbaijan Democracy Act is a much-needed tool to hold the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan says fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh escalates
Azerbaijan says three of its troops have been killed in the past ten days as the conflict in its separatist region of...
View ArticleDispatches: Finally Getting Tough on Azerbaijan (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Some of Azerbaijan's international partners are finally taking exceptional steps to signal their alarm over the government's serious crackdown on human rights. The...
View ArticleHelsinki Commission Chair Acts To End Human Rights Violations In Azerbaijan...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following years of systematic efforts by the Government of Azerbaijan to eliminate the voices of independent journalists, opposition politicians,...
View ArticleCardin Statement on the Release of Azerbaijani Rights Activist Leyla Yunus...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations) Wednesday, December 9, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following...
View ArticleOne dead, 30 missing after Azerbaijan oil rig fire
One person was killed and 30 oil workers were missing on Saturday after the rig they were working on in the Caspian Sea was engulfed by a fire, Azerbaijan’s state energy firm, State Oil Company of...
View ArticleCardin Statement on the Release of Azerbaijani Rights Activist Leyla Yunus...
(Source: Benjamin L Cardin) Wednesday, December 9, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the release of...
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