Azerbaijan: Intensified Crackdown
Authorities Stifle Critics, Impede Work of Independent Groups (Berlin) – The Azerbaijani government sentenced at least 25 journalists and political and youth activists to long [more >>>]
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A government’s fear or bargaining chips — Political prisoners in Azerbaijan
By GULNUR KAZIMOVA OC Media The number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan is among the highest in Europe. This repression serves not only as a [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Media Strangled Whilst Last Nail Driven Into Coffin Of Internet Freedom
INSTITUTE FOR REPORTERS’ FREEDOM and SAFETY (IRFS) The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns the Azerbaijani authorities for politically motivated judgments handed down [more >>>]
Azerbaijani Regime Insider Brings Millions to Vienna’s Golden Quarter
By GEORG ECKELSBERGER Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) With polo shirts selling for €1,760 and tailored suits priced as high as €50,000, shopping [more >>>]
Convicted Azerbaijani military officer receives promotion
JAMNEWS Many in Azerbaijan still believe his actions were justified Ramil Safarov [link by CB ed.], an infamous 40-year-old Major in the Azerbaijani army, has [more >>>]
Scottish Scientist Stephen Sim Describing His Trip to Nakhichevan
By VIGEN AVETISYAN Art-A-Tsolum Scottish scientist Stephen Sim described the unpleasant experience of his visit to Nakhichevan, the historical Armenian territory now occupied by Azerbaijan. [more >>>]
Europe’s murky Eastern energy deals
By MARIANA KOCHLADZE, CEE BANKWATCH Euractiv Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Budukh: Looking for a Road to Relevance
By ELNUR ALIYEV* Chai Khana It’s not the loss of their severely endangered language that worries the residents of Budukh, a hillside village of about [more >>>]
From the boat race to Azerbaijani jails: how dirty gas sells itself to elites
By JO RAM, PASCOE SABIDO* OpenDemocracy UK A new report exposes the network of lobbying and hypocrisy that risks locking Europe into decades of unnecessary [more >>>]
EU Lawmakers Urge Release Of Azerbaijani Journalist Muxtarli
RFE/RL BRUSSELS — A letter signed by several members of the European Parliament condemning the treatment of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Afqan Muxtarli was sent on [more >>>]