Explaining Azerbaijan’s Surprise Prisoner Amnesty
By AFGAN MUKHTARLI* Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) Move interpreted as an attempt to deflect international criticism of Baku’s´s poor human rights record. [more >>>]
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David Kramer: “No high level meetings should take place with President Aliyev”
By A. RAUFOGLU contact.az David Kramer, former president of Freedom House, urges the US Administration to refrain from high level meetings with President Ilham Aliyev [more >>>]
Political prisoners released in Azerbaijan
By SPORTS FOR RIGHTS indexoncensorship.org We, the undersigned members of the Sport for Rights coalition, express our relief over the release of 15 political prisoners [more >>>]
New Documentary: Walking the Line
By COUNTER BALANCE, PLATFORM, RE:COMMON counter-balance.org Counter Balance, Platform and Re:Common are pleased to announce the launch of the webdocumentary “Walking the Line”. This webdocumentary [more >>>]
Azerbaijan Unable, Or Unwilling, To Pay For Russian Weapons: Reports
By JOSHUA KUCERA eurasianet.org Russia’s senior defense industry official has made an unexpected visit to Baku, as a Russian newspaper reports that Azerbaijan is refusing [more >>>]
Ex-U.S. Congressman Quits Azerbaijani Lobby Group, Citing Nonpayment
By CARL SCHRECK With reporting by RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service RFE/RL WASHINGTON — A former U.S. congressman has resigned as chairman of a central player in [more >>>]
In Azerbaijan, EU Talks Pipelines More than Press Rights
By GIORGI LOMSADZE eurasianet.org Counter to civil-rights activists’ hopes, it was petroleum rather than press freedom that took the top billing during European Union foreign [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s desperate Lezgians attempt to cross NKR border with white flag
panorama.am About 25 residents of the village Ketuklu of Gabala district inhabited mainly with Lezgians tried to pass to the territory of the Nagorno Karabakh [more >>>]
Dispatches: Is Azerbaijan the Company the EU Wants to Keep?
By PHILIPPE DAM* Human Rights Watch The European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini visits Azerbaijan today to discuss deepening cooperation between the two entities. [more >>>]
Op-ed: Utah legislators shouldn’t fall for Azerbaijan’s propaganda
By BILL BARTON The Salt Lake Tribune During my 12 years of service in the Utah State Senate, we rarely discussed foreign policy, let alone [more >>>]