He claims to have testified under torture
TI’s Corruption Perception Index 2019: Georgia holds strong, Armenia soars
Transparency International says Georgia is the leader in the fight against corruption in the region, while Armenia is ahead of China and things are better in Azerbaijan than in Russia
US criticism, elections and accusations – Week in the Caucasus from JAMnews
The week of 20-25 January 2020 in just 90 seconds
Curtain closes on opera scandal involving Azerbaijani tenor, Armenian singer
Ruzan Mantashyan and Yusif Eyvazov will perform on the same stage in Dresden, despite Eyvazov’s earlier protestations “for political reasons”
VIDEO: What you can and can’t do in Azerbaijan – HRW’s 2019 report
Human Rights Watch reports that there are serious problems concerning freedom of speech and assembly in Azerbaijan, in addition to persecution of dissidents
Azerbaijani rapper out of prison after scandalous clip taken down from internet
The rapper Paster received 30 days in prison after mentioning the large amount of property owned by the presidential family in the lyrics of his song
Girl forcibly held by relatives in Azerbaijan escapes to Russia
Sevgia Ismayilova says she has been subjected to physical violence in her family since childhood
Int’l human rights NGOs demand Azerbaijani authorities remove investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova from no-fly list
Khadija Ismayilova was earlier sentenced to seven and a half years on false charges, but conditionally released in 2016
Black January – 30 years since the massacre of civilians in Azerbaijan
In January 1990, more than a hundred people in Baku were killed by bullets or tanks of the Soviet army
Record number of hopefuls register for snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
A total of 1,534 candidates are running for 125 seats, but there may be even more
Human Rights in the South Caucasus: 2019 victories and losses
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia in the Human Rights Watch report - a comparative analysis
A change of power and one girl’s dissent. Week in the Caucasus from JAMnews
The week of 13-18 January 2020 in just 90 seconds
They’ve lived in Georgia for more than 100 years – yet no one knows about them
"We are not Azerbaijanis, it's a mistake." The forest once provided food and shelter to the Lahijs, but this is gone now.
UPDATE: Girl held against her will in Azerbaijan by relatives flees
The mother of 18-year-old Sevgia Ismayilova denies that the girl was beaten