Azerbaijan freezes bank accounts of Centre for Economic Research and its leader
By FAIK MEDZHID Caucasian Knot In Azerbaijan, bank accounts of the Centre for Economic Research (CER) and its leader Gubad Ibadoglu have been frozen. On [more >>>]
Month: August 2014
Germany Should Bring Azerbaijan Down to Earth
By HUGH WILLIAMSON Die Zeit (in German) Germany has spoken out about Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses in the past, such as ahead of Eurovision, and [more >>>]
In Azerbaijan as the last remnants of democracy are being destroyed, some watch in silence
By AYNUR IMRANOVA This is part I in a series of articles about GONGOs. The piece was originally written in Azerbaijani and published here. Meydan [more >>>]
British MP Stephen Pound: Azerbaijan is a failed state
Interview by NVARD CHALIKYAN panorama.am On the question of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the United Kingdom as well as on the recent [more >>>]
Turkey, enemy of the Internet?
Reporters Without Borders The 9th annual Internet Governance Forum will be held in Istanbul from 2 to 5 September. Reporters Without Borders will be there [more >>>]
Turkey’s Imperial Fantasy
By BEHLUL OZKAN* The New York Times Istanbul — In the late 1990s, as Turkey was reeling from various political and economic crises, there was [more >>>]
Letter from international NGO’s to COE about ongoing crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan
freepoliticalprisonersaz.wordpress.com Dear Secretary General Jagland, We write to express our grave concern over the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders in Azerbaijan and to urge [more >>>]
Beating of Azerbaijani Journalist and Human Rights Activist
U.S. Department of State, Europe and Eurasia Press Statement JEN PSAKI Department Spokesperson Washington, DC August 27, 2014 We condemn the August 21 beating in [more >>>]
Khajimba’s Challenges
By THOMAS DE WAAL Carnegie Moscow Center Who would want to be president of Abkhazia? Raul Khajimba has attained that position at the fourth attempt, [more >>>]
Eight international organizations call to Investigate brutal attack on Ilgar Nasibov
contact.az The brutal attack on the journalist Ilgar Nasibov, in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, is an outrage and Azerbaijan’s authorities should ensure a prompt, effective and impartial [more >>>]