Norton Says Criminal Complaint Against Uniformed Secret Service Officer for...
(Source: Eleanor Holmes Norton) WASHINGTON, D.C.-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today issued the following statement...
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 ArticleThe Latest: Merkel praises decision to cancel soccer match
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 1:05 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says security agencies made the right decision to cancel the soccer match between Germany and the...
View ArticleNotice on Press Coverage for President of Azerbaijan (Ministry of Foreign...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) Dear Journalists, At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of The Republic of...
View ArticleJoint press statements of Presidents of Azerbaijan and the Georgia (President...
(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) Statement by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev: - Dear Mr. President, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen! Mr. President, let...
View ArticleWhat Does Azerbaijan's Crackdown Look Like From the Inside?
It has been a year since Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova was taken into custody, marking a watershed in the government's domestic crackdown on free speech. Individual freedoms...
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 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 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 ArticleThe Latest: Interior Ministry condemns inter-faith violence
PARIS (AP) - The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:59 p.m. France's Interior Minister condemned anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic attacks in Marseille Wednesday but made no link...
View ArticleWashington Post reporter sentenced in secret – an Iranian shame (Newseum)
(Source: Newseum) Jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. (Zoeann Murphy/Courtesy The Washington Post and The Associated Press) The Iranian regime has just piled a travesty on top of an...
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