Azerbaijan news

Op-ed: scandal around Baku Europa League final

May 20, 2019

A story combining sports, politics, corruption, security and logistics

Nine Azerbaijani journalists removed from country’s no-fly list

May 14, 2019

A protest was held just recently against the journalists’ exit ban

Baku underground youth save historic building

May 07, 2019

The Youth Foundation of Azerbaijan promises activists that the building will not be demolished, but the building is still occupied

Ganja residents bring protest against torture of imprisoned relatives to Baku

May 07, 2019

Protestors are demanding punishment for security officials who tortured their relatives in prison

Azerbaijan extradites Russian citizen of Armenian origin

May 06, 2019

Marat Uyeldanov-Galustyan served three years out of eight in an Azerbaijani prison on charges of drug trafficking

Azerbaijani activist Bayram Mammadov out of jail, serves term immediately after pardon

April 29, 2019

Many believe that he received the new term for criticising the authorities in an interview

Start of Formula 1 in Baku marred by double accident

April 26, 2019

One race car tore up a drain cover, while a tow truck bumped into a pedestrian bridge

Bakuvians outraged by supposed damage to ancient fortress wall

April 25, 2019

Officials say that the damage isn’t serious

Azerbaijan: more than 5,000 dog attacks in just three months

April 25, 2019

Some demand that the dogs be shot, while others say they should be sterilized and left alone

Azerbaijani prisoner of conscience Afgan Mukhtarli says he is being refused treatment in prison

April 23, 2019

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice denies Mukhtarli’s allegations

Azerbaijan: Ganja residents demand release of people detained after attempt on mayor's life

April 22, 2019

Police broke up a rally of parents of the detainees

14-year-old girl attacked in Baku for commemorating suicide of schoolgirl

April 18, 2019

The attacker, Tural Qarayev, has been detained. He calls himself an activist of the ruling party

Azerbaijanis up to 40 years of age advised to get measles vaccine

April 17, 2019

Measles is back in Azerbaijan for the first time in five years

Armenian, Azerbaijani MFAs agree on prisoner visitations, new initiatives

Azerbaijan-Armenia

April 16, 2019

During the last meeting, Mnatsakanyan and Mammadyarov “agreed on a reciprocal basis to take measures allowing relatives to visit persons imprisoned on the territories of the parties”

Baku police prevent rally in memory of deceased schoolgirl

April 13, 2019

Two commemoration demonstrations took place - the first was supported by the government, while the second was dispersed

Azerbaijani blogger, former prisoner of conscience succeeds in leaving country in second attempt

April 12, 2019

Huseynov promises to ‘expose the lies of the main state-run television channel’

PACE holds hearings on human rights in Azerbaijan, latter points at Karabakh as more serious issue

April 11, 2019

The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe says that without solving the problem of refugees, it is impossible to raise the issue of political prisoners

Six arrests in Azerbaijan in a week – what’s going on?

April 05, 2019

Who is being arrested and why

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