Azerbaijan news

Curtain closes on opera scandal involving Azerbaijani tenor, Armenian singer

January 24, 2020

Ruzan Mantashyan and Yusif Eyvazov will perform on the same stage in Dresden, despite Eyvazov’s earlier protestations “for political reasons”

Azerbaijani rapper out of prison after scandalous clip taken down from internet

January 22, 2020

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

January 22, 2020

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

January 21, 2020

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

Azerbaijan

January 20, 2020

In January 1990, more than a hundred people in Baku were killed by bullets or tanks of the Soviet army

UPDATE: Girl held against her will in Azerbaijan by relatives flees

January 17, 2020

The mother of 18-year-old Sevgia Ismayilova denies that the girl was beaten

Azerbaijani opposition protests high cost of election campaigning on TV – from $13/second on air

January 15, 2020

Many experts and candidates believe that the authorities are thus trying to interfere with the opposition’s election campaign.

Armenia commemorates victims of 1990 pogroms in Baku

January 14, 2020

Accounts of the event that happened 30 years ago from both Armenia and Azerbaijan

Op-ed: 100 synonyms for ‘intimate services’ or How to get a job in Azerbaijan

January 14, 2020

The story of how one job searche turned into a dangerous experiment

Results of Azerbaijan municipal elections approved amid claims of falsification

January 13, 2020

Blogger Mehman Huseynov intends to bring a suit to the Supreme Court, while feminist candidate Rabiya Mammadova has been accused of ‘offensive behaviour’

Azerbaijani political emigrant detained in Poland on charges of tax evasion released on bail

January 09, 2020

He will be in Warsaw while the Polish prosecutor’s office carries out an investigation

European Parliament will not observe elections in Azerbaijan

January 09, 2020

Government officials say Azerbaijan simply did not invite the European Parliament to the polls

A tourist trail: Azerbaijani enthusiasts hope to drag the nation off the couch

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January 01, 2020

A mountain trip suitable for anyone

Azerbaijani blogger says he was brutally beaten by police after rally for arrested rapper

December 28, 2019

Mehman Huseynov connects this with his participation in municipal and parliamentary elections

Protest youth movement preparing for snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

December 26, 2019

The ‘Movement’ block, which includes people of different political views, wants to see the rule of law in Azerbaijan

Feminist activist elected to municipal body for first time in Azerbaijani elections

December 24, 2019

This is so far the only independent candidate known to have secured one spot of the 15,156 municipal positions up for elections

Independents, observers in Azerbaijani municipal elections point at irregularities

December 23, 2019

This was the first time in Azerbaijan that municipal elections received wide spread coverage and public interest

Sensational arrest in Azerbaijan – regional executive head detained for corruption for first time

December 19, 2019

The charge: appropriation of public funds

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