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Epstein files: did convicted sex offender and trafficker visit Baku?

Azerbaijan

February 05, 2026

“The president is a very good friend of mine”: Azerbaijan appears in correspondence between a Dubai businessman and Epstein, but there is no evidence of visits and the references are political

Changes to Azerbaijan’s Law on Information could become tool for repression

Azerbaijan

January 16, 2026

The online distribution of content that “openly expresses disrespect for society and insults public morality” is banned.

‘Public order’ as pretext: Azerbaijan’s recent legislative changes

Azerbaijan

December 22, 2025

Considered separately, the changes span different areas, but together they signal a new phase in the state’s punitive policy.

First Azerbaijan–US think-tank forum: participants, significance and criticism

Azerbaijan

November 21, 2025

Azerbaijan’s analysts fall into three groups — exiled experts, Soviet-era researchers and state-funded GONGOs — making independent, influential analysis hard to achieve.

Euronews opens Baku bureau as local journalists say authorities see it as no ‘threat’

Azerbaijan

November 19, 2025

Azerbaijani independent journalists see this as a continuation of the authorities’ crackdown on independent media.