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 >>>]
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Deadly Blaze Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Baku Beautification
By DAISY SINDELAR RFE/RL (May 20) A day after more than a dozen people were killed in a massive fire in a Baku high-rise, angry [more >>>]
Families living in poverty in the shadow of Azerbaijan’s luxury sports stadiums
The Guardian As authorities invest heavily in hosting European Games, residents ask who will benefit from the event. Meydan TV report Gulnara Suleymanova and her [more >>>]
Azerbaijani Government Watching its Expats
By AFGAN MUKHTARLI* Institute for War & Peace Reporting Registration system for people living abroad seen as Big Brother move. New rules requiring Azerbaijani nationals [more >>>]
10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government
By SCOTT HIGHAM*, STEVEN RICH** and ALICE CRITES The Washington Post The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference [more >>>]
Silence Of the Lambs, Azerbaijani Style
By ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso The European Games in Baku are only a month away, while the list of the country’s political prisoners [more >>>]
Joint Open letter on the European Union position on Azerbaijan
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights [more >>>]
Formula One and human rights – Vaclav and Rasul – Iwinski and the Garden Party
By GERALD KNAUS esiweb.org, Newsletter, 4/2015 Dear friends, Exciting news from the world of sport: Formula One has embraced the cause of human rights. “Formula [more >>>]
Azerbaijan Locks Up Critics Ahead of European Games (Video)
Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – Azerbaijan’s international partners should insist on the release of wrongfully detained and imprisoned critics as the country prepares to host [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: EITI Downgrade Dents Baku’s Image
By GIORGI LOMSADZE eurasianet.org Azerbaijan’s status in a prominent international transparency organization has been downgraded. Representatives of the group cited Baku’s ongoing crackdown on individual [more >>>]