Transparency International Under Pressure In Azerbaijan
RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service Transparency International’s office in Baku says it is being forced to suspend some of its projects in Azerbaijan because of problems receiving [more >>>]
Month: August 2014
Cory Welt: Azerbaijan’s military success is unlikely, which prevents escalation to full-scale war
panorama.am On Azerbaijani recent military aggression against the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the RA, the security issue of the people of Nagorno Karabakh as well [more >>>]
John Drennan: For the First Time, Yerevan Rebukes Moscow
By JOHN DRENNAN, Research Assistant and Programme Officer, Russia and Eurasia Programme International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) On 10 July, the Armenian leadership publicly [more >>>]
IRFS shames the Council of Europe
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) stated that it is in shock after a near-fatal attack [more >>>]
Court Ruling on Dersim Massacre
BIA News Desk – BIANET Having revoked the statute of limitations ruling made by Hozat Chief Public Prosecutors’ Office about the murder of 24 victims [more >>>]
Ambassador ignores bogus charges against rights activists in Azerbaijan
By RICHARD KAUZLARICH, Falls Church (The writer was ambassador to Azerbaijan from 1994 to 1997) The Washington Post Letters to the Editor The Post’s Aug. [more >>>]
Turkey’s Erdogan Seen Softening Style Not Substance As President
By SELIN BUCAK Additional reporting by Orhan Coskun in Ankara; Editing by Nick Tattersall and Anna Willard Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan’s caustic rhetoric [more >>>]
ISIS surges towards the borders of Turkey as west mulls options
By MARTIN CHULOV Additional reporting by MAIS AL-BAYAA The Observer Islamic State fighters mass on Syria’s north-western frontier as it seeks to reopen its main [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Violent Crackdown on Human Rights Activists
Freedom House In response to the brutal attack on Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist Ilgar Nasibov, Freedom House issued the following statement: “The horrific [more >>>]
OSCE Representative alarmed by brutal attack on journalist in Azerbaijan, warns of continuing deterioration of media freedom
OSCE Newsroom VIENNA, 22 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was alarmed by yesterday’s violent attack [more >>>]