Top European human rights official Pedro Agramunt quits amid scandal
BBC A top European human rights official has resigned amid a corruption investigation and complaints about him having visited Syria with Russian MPs. Pedro Agramunt [more >>>]
AZERBAIJAN
Stopping the spin from Azerbaijan’s very special laundromat
By ARZU GEYBULLA* Open Democracy (opendemocracy.net) We all know about Baku’s international efforts to whitewash criticism of human rights abuses. What makes these latest revelations [more >>>]
This tyrant’s reach knows no borders
By EDITORIAL BOARD The Washington Post JUST PAST 7 p.m. on May 29 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, an independent journalist, Afgan Mukhtarli, called [more >>>]
Azerbaijan Faces Legal Action for Defying European Court
By PHILIPPE DAM – Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Human Rights Watch Government should Release Ilgar Mammadov, Other Unjustly Imprisoned Activists Azerbaijan is [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s war on journalism rolls on
By GILBERT GAILLARD Index on Censorship The government of Azerbaijan is waging a war on independent journalism within the country. “This has been the case [more >>>]
Newly Released Blogger Airs Grievances Against Azerbaijan
By JOSHUA KUCERA EurasiaNet If Azerbaijan expected gratitude for releasing a blogger from prison early, it has miscalculated. When Russian-Israeli travel blogger Alexander Lapshin was [more >>>]
European parliament calls for investigation into ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’
By JENNIFER RANKIN The Guardian MEPs say Baku tried to ‘influence European decision-makers through illicit means’, as Council of Europe calls for legal action over [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Opens Some Prison Doors
By GIORGI LOMSADZE EurasiaNet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is in an uncharacteristically charitable mood: on September 11, he pardoned imprisoned travel blogger Alexander Lapshin and [more >>>]
French Court Hears Case Of Journalists Accused Of Calling Azerbaijan ‘Dictatorship’
A French court began hearing a lawsuit by Azerbaijan’s government against two French journalists it accuses of defamation, in a case described by the defendants [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Laundromat scandal raises concerns over the EU’s growing business ties with the authoritarian regime
CEE BANKWATCH NETWORK Counter Balance Brussels, 6 September 2017 – Statement by CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance and Friends of the Earth Europe Adding up [more >>>]