Well-known journalist gets five years on absurd charge
Reporters Without Borders The latest victim of the crackdown that the authorities began last summer is the well-known journalist Seymour Khazi, who was sentenced to [more >>>]
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Azerbaijan: Are Rumors Replacing News in Azerbaijan?
By NARGIZ RASHID Eurasianet.org The media climate is growing so grim in Azerbaijan that some observers are reminded of an old Soviet-era adage that just [more >>>]
Washington Times hearts Azerbaijan
By ERIK WEMPLE* The Washington Post Open up the print version of today’s Washington Times, and out pops a standalone section titled “Azerbaijan: A Quarter [more >>>]
Karabakh Still Freer Than Azerbaijan, Says U.S. Watchdog
Azatutyun.am RFE/RL Nagorno-Karabakh remains a “partly free” territory governed by a less repressive administration than Azerbaijan, the U.S. human rights group Freedom House said in [more >>>]
HRW, Index on Censorship Call Merkel to Put Pressure on Aliyev
Germany/Azerbaijan: Merkel Should Press Aliyev for Rights (Berlin) – Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel should urge president Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to free leading human rights [more >>>]
European PR firms whitewashing brutal regimes – report. Azerbaijan outstands as one of the report’s case studies.
New research exposes companies behind Europe’s multi-million Euro image-laundering business. A report released today by research and campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) sheds light [more >>>]
What is not being reported in Azerbaijan
By ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA Al Jazeera So long as the government keeps saying there are no limitations on freedom of speech, nothing will change in Azerbaijan. [more >>>]
Aliyev’s dictatorship is threat to regional and global stability
By VILEN KHLGATYAN* and ARMEN SAHAKYAN The Hill After inheriting the half-a-century-old reins of power in 2003 from his deceased father, Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani dictator [more >>>]
The Heydar Aliyev Era Ends in Azerbaijan Not with a Bang but a Whisper
By RICHARD D. KAUZLARICH* The Brookings Institution “…our path is clear…. The system of government and style of society we are developing in Azerbaijan is [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Land of Fire? It Is for Some
By NAOMI WESTLAND* Amnesty International UK blogs Six months from now Baku, the capital of gas-and-oil rich Azerbaijan, will host the first ever European Games. [more >>>]