Azerbaijan Bans Insulting Its President Online
By GIORGI LOMSADZE Eurasianet Cursing the president online has become a criminal offense in Azerbaijan, an ex-Soviet republic that is big on energy, but, critics [more >>>]
Month: November 2016
Human rights report quashed in push for Azerbaijan-EU gas pipeline
By LOU DEL BELLO, KARL MATHIESEN Climate Home Concerns about political prisoners were suppressed as politicians approved the Southern Gas Corridor, an Italian TV documentary [more >>>]
Caviar democracy
Italian TV channel on Azerbaijan’s “Caviar diplomacy”: president Aliyev gets rich on account of state funds Paolo Mondani – journalist of the Italian TV channel [more >>>]
UN expert warns on Turkish government’s ‘draconian measures’ on freedoms of expression [Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré]
UN News Centre 18 November 2016 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of opinion and expression raised concerns over the [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Statement by Secretary General Jagland on the decision of the Supreme Court today rejecting the appeal by Ilgar Mammadov
Secretary General, Council of Europe “Today, Azerbaijan’s highest court has failed to uphold the country’s legal obligation to execute the judgment of the European Court [more >>>]
Governments are doing a poor job at fighting corruption across Europe and Central Asia
Transparency International From Spain to the UK and Turkey, support for populist and nationalist movements is on the rise in Europe and Central Asia. While [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Could Baku Have Access to a Clinton White House?
By GIORGI LOMSADZE* Eurasianet A lobbyist connection between Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and Azerbaijan could create the appearance of a conflict of interest, if the [more >>>]
Turkey: Arrest of Parliamentarians Accelerates Descent into Dictatorship
Freedom House WASHINGTON – In response to the mass detention of leaders and Members of Parliament of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, Freedom [more >>>]