Debono Grech denies falling victim to Azerbaijan’s ‘caviar diplomacy’
By JURGEN BALZAN Malta Today Labour MP Joe Debono Grech denies receiving gifts from Azerbaijan, insists the Council of Europe cannot depose the oil- and [more >>>]
Month: June 2015
Flacking for despots: Inside Azerbaijan’s lobbying in the U.S.
By ALAKBAR RAUFOGLU Lobbying is extremely effective on any democratic governance, including in the U.S. politics. Though politicians are prohibited from accepting money directly from [more >>>]
Unwelcome to Azerbaijan
By NURGUL NOVRUZ* Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) Hosting image-boosting European Games while shutting down human rights criticism hasn’t worked, if the aim [more >>>]
The Mansion on the Heath
By IGGY OSTANIN, with reports by ELEANOR ROSE (OCCRP) and KARIM SECKER Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), The Khadija Project Ilham Aliyev’s family [more >>>]
How Azerbaijan and Its Lobbyists Spin Congress
By ILYA LOZOVSKY* Foreign Policy, Democracy Lab The Aliyev regime is selling itself in Washington as friendly and progressive. Is your Congressman buying it? “However [more >>>]
Azerbaijani First Family Big on Banking
By OCCRP Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), The Khadija Project From a distance, Azerbaijan may look like any other oil-rich country. Its [more >>>]
Baku’s decision to close OSCE Office sharply criticised in Vienna
commonspace.eu The Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) met in Vienna on Monday to discuss the decision of the [more >>>]
While torture returned to jails in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani became president of CoE Committee for Prevention of Torture
panorama.am Today, Europe has more human-rights treaties, employs more human rights commissioners, awards more human-rights prizes, and is home to more human-rights organizations than at [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s price for hosting first European Games
By RAYHAN DEMYTRIE (BBC South Caucasus correspondent) BBC “After the European Games in Baku, people across the world will know that Azerbaijan is in Europe.” [more >>>]