Azerbaijani president takes issue with TD’s comments
RTE News President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has accused a Labour TD of insulting his country. Mr Aliyev denounced Ennis TD Michael McNamara during a [more >>>]
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Council of Europe/Azerbaijan: Confront Aliyev on Rights
Human Rights Watch Azerbaijani Leader to Address Session (Berlin) – The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: rapporteur expresses concern at human rights defenders’ situation
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) “The situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan has dramatically deteriorated since my last visit to this [more >>>]
British MPs Taken On “Caviar Trail” By Lobbyists Close To Azerbaijan’s Corrupt Dictatorship
By JON STONE Buzz Feed Twelve British MPs have accepted tens of thousands of pounds of hospitality since the last election from pro-Azerbaijan lobbyists with [more >>>]
Deprived of income, Azerbaijani paper is forced to stop publishing
Reporters Without Borders for Freedom of Information One of Azerbaijan’s leading independent newspapers, the Russian-language Zerkalo (Mirror), has been forced to stop publishing because [more >>>]
Azerbaijani Dissident Leyla Yunus Staged Protest at NATO Seminar In Baku – Photos
Azeri Report BAKU. June 16, 2014: Leyla Yunus, prominent Azerbaijani dissident and human rights activist staged an act of protest in the middle the session [more >>>]
As List Grows, Azeri Leaders Say “What Political Prisoners?”
By AFGAN MUKHTARLI (*) Institute for War and Peace Reporting CRS Issue 740 As it took over the chair of the Council of Europe’s decision-making [more >>>]
Freedom House: Azerbaijan Ruled By Authoritarian Regime
Freedom House Nations in Transit AZERBAIJAN Capital: Baku Population: 9.3 million GNI/capita, PPP: US$9,410 (Source: The data above are drawn from The World Bank, World [more >>>]
U.S. Official Says Azerbaijan Rights Situation Worsening ‘Dramatically’
By CARL SCHRECK RFE/RL A senior U.S. official says civil liberties in Azerbaijan have steadily worsened over the past five years and continue to deteriorate. [more >>>]
An Azerbaijan-American Puzzle
By THOMAS DE WAAL Carnegie Moscow Center Here is a conundrum: why, just as Russia’s neighbors are under increasing pressure, has Azerbaijan picked a fight [more >>>]