Anthony Bourdain Has Been Blacklisted by Azerbaijan After Visiting Disputed Territory
By MELISSA MINTON and SEBASTIAN MODAK Condé Nast Traveler He was reportedly filming an episode of his show Parts Unknown. Anthony Bourdain is known for [more >>>]
Azerbaijan – Human Rights
Human rights group to take unprecedented legal step against Azerbaijan
By GINGER HERVEY Politico The country’s refusal to release a political prisoner could lead to its expulsion from the Council. The Council of Europe on [more >>>]
Gay men speak out about Azerbaijan’s LGBT crackdown: ‘They gave me electric shocks’
By LYDIA SMITH The Independent Lawyers and activists say dozens of gay and transgender people have been arrested and detained Several men have come forward [more >>>]
Major European loan to controversial Azerbaijani gas pipeline risks fuelling corruption, human rights abuse and climate change
CEE Bankwatch Network A USD 500 million loan approved today by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the construction of the Trans Anatolian [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Seeking to Arrest Critical Journalists throughout the Ex-USSR
By GIORGI LOMSADZE EurasiaNet The arrest of an Azerbaijani journalist in Ukraine marks a fresh instance of free-media-wary Azerbaijan having a critical reporter apprehended outside [more >>>]
EU bank to decide huge public loan to Europe’s biggest fossil fuel project
By ARTHUR NESLEN Climate Home Experts refute EU claim that 3,500km gas pipeline from Azerbaijan is necessary for energy security, amid alarm over corruption and [more >>>]
Emin Milli on ‘Islands of Independent Information’ in Azerbaijan
By Eka Maghaldadze Civil Georgia Tell us about your way from Azerbaijan to Berlin, from law school to starting a new media organization? What forced [more >>>]
Top European human rights official Pedro Agramunt quits amid scandal
BBC A top European human rights official has resigned amid a corruption investigation and complaints about him having visited Syria with Russian MPs. Pedro Agramunt [more >>>]
Stopping the spin from Azerbaijan’s very special laundromat
By ARZU GEYBULLA* Open Democracy (opendemocracy.net) We all know about Baku’s international efforts to whitewash criticism of human rights abuses. What makes these latest revelations [more >>>]
This tyrant’s reach knows no borders
By EDITORIAL BOARD The Washington Post JUST PAST 7 p.m. on May 29 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, an independent journalist, Afgan Mukhtarli, called [more >>>]