Azerbaijan: A country of amputated spirits
By ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA Aljazeera Has Azerbaijan’s dismal human rights record been swept under the rug because of global energy demand? In his 2011 speech, Stefan [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Media and Regulators a Family Affair
By KHADIJA ISMAYILOVA Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Sona Veliyeva is a busy woman. She manages a Kaspi newspaper, is a member of the [more >>>]
Azerbaijani president takes issue with TD’s comments
RTE News President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has accused a Labour TD of insulting his country. Mr Aliyev denounced Ennis TD Michael McNamara during a [more >>>]
Council of Europe/Azerbaijan: Confront Aliyev on Rights
Human Rights Watch Azerbaijani Leader to Address Session (Berlin) – The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President [more >>>]
Monitoring Group Calls for Re-Count of Votes at ‘Problematic’ Polling Stations
civil.ge International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), the largest election observer organization in Georgia, has called for a vote re-count in hundreds of [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: rapporteur expresses concern at human rights defenders’ situation
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) “The situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan has dramatically deteriorated since my last visit to this [more >>>]
British MPs Taken On “Caviar Trail” By Lobbyists Close To Azerbaijan’s Corrupt Dictatorship
By JON STONE Buzz Feed Twelve British MPs have accepted tens of thousands of pounds of hospitality since the last election from pro-Azerbaijan lobbyists with [more >>>]
Deprived of income, Azerbaijani paper is forced to stop publishing
Reporters Without Borders for Freedom of Information One of Azerbaijan’s leading independent newspapers, the Russian-language Zerkalo (Mirror), has been forced to stop publishing because [more >>>]
Turkish media forbidden to mention 80 Turkish hostages in Iraq
Reporters Without Borders for Freedom of Information The Turkish authorities have yet again reacted to a problem by imposing censorship. On 16 June, an Ankara [more >>>]
Armenian journalist Cevat Sinet’s family is not allowed to leave Turkey
Armenpress Journalist Cevat Sinet (of Armenian origin) had been constantly persecuted for his political views and articles, and for that reason had requested political asylum, [more >>>]