Yunus: They Want to Exterminate Us
contact.az The Baku Court of Grave Crimes chaired by Afgan Hajiyev July 15 held a preparatory meeting on the case of Leyla and Arif Yunus. [more >>>]
Azerbaijan – Human Rights
‘Azerbaijan’s Dictator Wants Me Dead’
By EMIN MILLI The Daily Beast With billions of dollars squandered on the European Games and dozens of activists in jail, the president of a [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 >>>]
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 >>>]
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 >>>]
While torture returned to jails in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani became president of CoE Committee for Prevention of Torture
panorama.am Today, Europe has more human-rights treaties, employs more human rights commissioners, awards more human-rights prizes, and is home to more human-rights organizations than at [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s price for hosting first European Games
By RAYHAN DEMYTRIE (BBC South Caucasus correspondent) BBC “After the European Games in Baku, people across the world will know that Azerbaijan is in Europe.” [more >>>]
Offshores Close to President Paid Nothing for State Share of Telecom
By MIRANDA PATRUCIC (OCCRP), JOACHIM DYFVERMARK (SVT) and OLA WESTERBERG (TT) Organized Crime, Corruption Reporting Project (OCCPR) Corruptistan, Azerbaijan – A company close to Azerbaijani [more >>>]
Azeri President should release seven jailed journalists
BUKRAA In a letter sent today, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) call on Azerbaijan President, Ilham Aliyev, [more >>>]