Azerbaijan: Relentless Crackdown on Critics
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH False Front of Reform; Revolving Door of Arrests (Berlin) – The Azerbaijani government has renewed its vicious crackdown on critics and independent [more >>>]
‘What about our human rights?’: Kurds feel force of Turkey’s crackdown
By CONSTANZE LETSCH The Guardian Ahmet stood on a roof in the district of Sur in Diyarbakır and watched as two bulldozers razed his family [more >>>]
Georgia Reaches Out for the Ethnic Vote
By SADDAM ALIYEV and EDITA BADASYAN* Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) Armenian and Azerbaijani voters are finally being wooed by politicians. On the [more >>>]
Azerbaijan at 25: A New Era of Change and Turbulence
By THOMAS DE WAAL (Senior Associate Carnegie Europe) Carnegie Europe Azerbaijan is entering a new historical phase. The oil boom—which boosted the economy, consolidated [more >>>]
Azerbaijan – Constitutional draft modifications are negative and “at odds with European constitutional heritage”
The VENICE COMMISSION of the COUNCIL of EUROPE Council of Europe, Strasbourg – Constitutional modifications proposed for vote in a referendum in Azerbaijan next Sunday [more >>>]
Nagorno-Karabakh: a time-bomb in the Caucasus?
By VALÉRIE GAURIAT Euronews Last April, fighting between troops from the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan army rekindled a conflict that had been [more >>>]
Heaping on the caviar diplomacy
By MATTHEW VALENCIA* 1843 magazine, The Economist How does an autocratic regime divert attention abroad from its human-rights record and discourage the opposition at home? [more >>>]
As the Turkish government acknowledges an overdose in post-coup probes…
By MURAT YETKİN Hürriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Aug. 8 that the government would establish “crisis desks” in order to [more >>>]
Turkey arrests 27 more businessmen in coup investigation
turkishminute.com A total of 27 businessmen were arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into a failed coup attempt in July that the [more >>>]
It’s time for the United States to act on Azerbaijan
By DAVID J. KRAMER and RICHARD KAUZLARICH* The Washington Post Earlier this year, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan looked like he was softening his authoritarian [more >>>]