Zaha Hadid’s prestigious award for building to glory of Azerbaijan dictator criticised
By NICK CLARK The Independent The Design Museum came under fire today after awarding the UK’s most prestigious design award to a building in [more >>>]
Month: June 2014
Of Generals, Judges and Presidents
The Economist (From the print edition: Europe) Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks backing from all quarters for his presidential bid THAT long-awaited “we told you so” [more >>>]
Democracy Confined to the Conference Rooms as Azerbaijan Hosts OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Freedom House June 27, 2014 As Azerbaijan hosts parliamentarians from 56 nations for the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Freedom House issued the [more >>>]
Gubad Ibadoglu: Azerbaijan has no real economy
Turan News Agency – contact.az Today, the Center for Economic Research based by PhD Gubad Ibadoglu marks its tenth anniversary. The main part of the [more >>>]
The Bully of Baku rages
By PAUL FLYNN, MP for Newport West, UK http://paulflynnmp.typepad.com/ Azerbaijan’s President is no joke. Aliyev revealed himself as a braggart and a bully in Strasbourg [more >>>]
Human rights defenders believe Pedro Agramunt is not best candidate for position of PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan
By FAIK MEDZHID Caucasian Knot Human rights defenders applaud the resumption of the activities of PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. However, they believe [more >>>]
TİHV, İHD: 5,848 Subjected to Police Violence
By Pınar Ağabeyoğlu İstanbul – BIA News Desk Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) issued a joint press release at [more >>>]
Azerbaïdjan: encore moins de démocratie mais du caviar toujours plus fin
Par YAEL STRÖMFELD L’Express Ilham Aliev est reparti fâché, mais alors très fâché, de Strasbourg. Habitué aux louanges convenues de ses courtisans, le despote [more >>>]
Ambassador Warlick’s folly in Nagorno-Karabakh
By MARK DIETZEN (*) oDR Russia and Beyond – opendemocracy.net How the US botched the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. After 20 years of carefully navigating negotiations [more >>>]
Activists Protest Azerbaijani President’s PACE Speech
RFE/RL Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at a session of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg has been met by protests. Azerbaijani [more >>>]