Campaign Against “Enemy Press” in Azerbaijan
By AFGAN MUKHTARLI* Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) Focus on “hostile” Armenian reports and “biased” Western media. In its ongoing campaign against freedom [more >>>]
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Amnesty International highlights Turkey’s rights violations
presstv.ir Amnesty International has accused Turkey of using excessive force in handling street protests in support of Kurds fighting ISIL Takfiris in the Syrian Kurdish [more >>>]
Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed republic
By MARY BOLAND The Irish Times Landlocked enclave was the subject of a war between 1991 and 1994 that cost 30,000 lives STEPANAKERT – The [more >>>]
Thawing the Frozen Conflict? The European Court’s Nagorno-Karabakh Judgments
By PHILIP LEACH* Blog of the European Journal of International Law Last September, Erik Fribergh, the Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, [more >>>]
International reactions at the end of the European Games in Azerbaijan
Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) The European Olympic Games hosted in Baku ended on a note different from the expected glamour the authorities aimed at: [more >>>]
Debono Grech denies falling victim to Azerbaijan’s ‘caviar diplomacy’
By JURGEN BALZAN Malta Today Labour MP Joe Debono Grech denies receiving gifts from Azerbaijan, insists the Council of Europe cannot depose the oil- and [more >>>]
Flacking for despots: Inside Azerbaijan’s lobbying in the U.S.
By ALAKBAR RAUFOGLU Lobbying is extremely effective on any democratic governance, including in the U.S. politics. Though politicians are prohibited from accepting money directly from [more >>>]
Unwelcome to Azerbaijan
By NURGUL NOVRUZ* Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) Hosting image-boosting European Games while shutting down human rights criticism hasn’t worked, if the aim [more >>>]
The Mansion on the Heath
By IGGY OSTANIN, with reports by ELEANOR ROSE (OCCRP) and KARIM SECKER Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), The Khadija Project Ilham Aliyev’s family [more >>>]
How Azerbaijan and Its Lobbyists Spin Congress
By ILYA LOZOVSKY* Foreign Policy, Democracy Lab The Aliyev regime is selling itself in Washington as friendly and progressive. Is your Congressman buying it? “However [more >>>]