Azerbaijan: The ultimate battle of words
By ARZU GEYBULLA Meydan.tv There is an on-going trend for those who are not very familiar (or too familiar) with Azerbaijan. And that is the [more >>>]
Month: July 2014
Center to Resist Repression (CRR) calls to boycott of the European Games
Turan News Agency The CRR under the Institute for Peace and Democracy has launched a campaign to boycott the European Games in Baku in 2015. [more >>>]
Secretive Turkish Movement Buys U.S. Influence
By ROSIE GRAY, NICOLÁS MEDINA MORA AYLIN ZAFAR contributed reporting BuzzFeed HOUSTON — The secretive religious and political movement inspired by the Turkish cleric Fethullah [more >>>]
POST-SOVIET CONFLICT ZONES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS
By STEFAN MEISTER (Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations) Russkii Vopros The annexation of Crimea reflects the end of the post-cold war order [more >>>]
Turkey’s Culture Wars
By ELIF SHAFAK New York Times ISTANBUL — Residents walking through the conservative Fatih neighborhood here were used to seeing a billboard with the Brazilian [more >>>]
OSCE representative concerned about Armenia court decision forcing media outlets to disclose sources
Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE VIENNA, 22 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about [more >>>]
Catherine Cosman: Religious Freedom Conditions in Azerbaijan Deteriorated Over the Past Few Years
By ALAKHBAR RAUFOGLU Turan News Agency WASHINGTON, DC. July 21, 2014: Azerbaijan has long presented itself as a model of religious tolerance. President Ilham Aliyev [more >>>]
Transparency Azerbaijan: only low and medium level officials are prosecuted for corruption
Caucasian Knot Despite the Azerbaijan’s stronger measures to combat corruption, it is necessary to take measures to increase the transparency of the bodies of power, [more >>>]
Azerbaijan threatens to expel Red Cross. Deputy PM Hassanov criticised the failure of the ICRC to meet two Azerbaijanis captured by Armenians
Commonspace.eu Azerbaijan has threatened to expel the representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross from the country unless the international body gets access [more >>>]
“Cases Must Be Filed Against Government Personnel Immediately”
By ELIF AKGÜL İstanbul – BIA News Desk Dink family attorney Bakırcıoğlu states the need for a new bill of indictment, going by the Consitutional [more >>>]