Turkish Leader, Using Conflicts, Cements Power
By TIM ARANGO CEYLAN YEGINSU contributed reporting from Istanbul. The New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Sprawling over nearly 50 acres of forest land that [more >>>]
Month: October 2014
In Azerbaijan as the last remnants of democracy are being destroyed, some watch in silence (part 2- “GONGO”ids)
By AYNUR IMRANOVA This is part II in a series of articles about GONGOs.You can read the first part here. Meydan TV In recent months, [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s civil society calls on the Council of Europe to be decisive
contact.az A group of civil society activists appealed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the head of the PACE Anne [more >>>]
Engaging or shaming Azerbaijan?
By ALAKBAR RAUFOGLU contact.az WASHINGTON – Washington debates over responding effectively to Baku’s crackdown on activists Washington officials, leading rights campaigners agree that more need [more >>>]
Israel must not sell arms to the Azeris
By YAIR AURON Haaretz In light of the increased manifestations of hatred in Azerbaijan against the Armenians, Azerbaijan’s increasing military strength and the rise in [more >>>]
Sparks Fly Over Scholar’s Azerbaijani Ties At Columbia University Event
By CARL SCHRECK RFE/RL WASHINGTON — A political scientist’s ties to Azerbaijan’s state-owned energy giant SOCAR sparked a testy exchange at a Columbia University discussion [more >>>]
Karabakh: Modest Win for Bus Fare Protestors
By KNAR BABAYAN* Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), CRS Issue 756 Facebook helps mobilise protest movement Public protests are rare in Nagorny Karabakh, [more >>>]
Georgia: How a New Residency Law Could Lead to War
By NINA JOBE balkanist.net Six months ago rumors emerged that the ethnic Armenian minority in Georgia was lining up at the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi [more >>>]
How Small Countries Buy Respect Abroad? My stories on Azerbaijan’s lobby hobby in Washington, DC
By RALAKBAR alexraufoglu.org Oil-rich Azerbaijan remains one of the few countries in the Eurasia region that seem to be doing its best to tighten its [more >>>]
Statement by EITI Chair Clare Short on Azerbaijan
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Following today’s meeting of the Board. The situation facing civil society in Azerbaijan is clearly problematic. The Board discussed the [more >>>]