news and Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s subsidised flats sell out in seconds as public discontent grows

Azerbaijan

December 04, 2025

Although the sale was meant to run for several days, most buyers report system glitches and say they were unable to select a flat.

Another Azerbaijani diaspora leader arrested in Russia – what’s happening?

Azerbaijan-Russia

December 03, 2025

He was arrested on suspicion of fraud in a land sale transaction.

Azerbaijan: Detained journalists report physical abuse

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

They claim that the head of the convoy at the Baku Court of Appeals pushed and kicked journalists while escorting them to the courtroom or back to the holding cells.

Interrogations in Azerbaijan: experts warn of government plan to crash opposition

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

Pro-government media link the arrest of the PFA chairman to the Ramiz Mehtiyev case

HRW: 'Azerbaijan steps up campaign targeting critics abroad'

Opposition in Azerbaijan

November 28, 2025

HRW notes that those targeted are being punished for criticizing human rights violations by the authorities, and there is no evidence linking them to any illegal activity.

Are Azerbaijani Su-22s bound for Ukraine? Assessing the Daily Express claims

Azerbaijan

November 27, 2025

The same publication also claims that Azerbaijan has begun selling natural gas to Ukraine.

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.

Who owns newly opened Euronews office in Baku?

Azerbaijan

November 19, 2025

In the past two years, around 30 journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan, and local offices of the BBC, Reuters, Voice of America, and Bloomberg have been shut down.

Azerbaijan: violations in cosmetic procedures and oversight issues

Azerbaijan

November 17, 2025

A study found that unlicensed individuals without medical qualifications were performing various aesthetic surgical procedures

Collapse of old elite? How Ramiz Mehtiev’s arrest is changing Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

November 14, 2025

The event is seen as a key signal of a fundamental shift in both Azerbaijan’s internal political structure and its longstanding relationship with Moscow.

Letter from jailed Talysh researcher Igbal Abilov: 'Talysh language has been cornered'

Azerbaijan

October 29, 2025

He writes that to destroy a language, it is enough to erase it from all public spaces and isolate it from society.

'Hearings turned into sham': Ruben Vardanyan drops lawyer

Azerbaijan-Armenia

October 23, 2025

The former minister of the unrecognized NKR, currently on trial in Baku, told his family that the judicial process lacks "any signs of objectivity and fairness."

Jailed Azerbaijani peace activist: 'They want to kill me'

Arrests in Azerbaijan

October 21, 2025

Peace activist Bahruz Samedov will spend a month and a half in solitary confinement in a correctional facility

London’s new strategy: sanctions on Russia and lifting the Caucasus arms embargo

Azerbaijan

October 17, 2025

At first glance, these decisions seem to concern different areas, but they can be seen as complementary elements of London’s geopolitical and security strategy

Ramiz Mehdiyev: From Azerbaijan’s ‘grey cardinal’ to house arrest

Azerbaijan

October 16, 2025

Ramiz Mehtiev has been placed under investigation over allegations of treason and an attempted seizure of power

US embassy staff ‘where possible’ attend trials of Armenians in Baku

Azerbaijan-Armenia

October 09, 2025

Human rights defender Siranush Sahakyan said the Americans seek alternative information from relatives and lawyers as full monitoring in Baku is impossible.

PEACE Act or “Armenian lobby”? A bill has been introduced to US Congress to sanction Azerbaijan if it attacks Armenia

Azerbaijan-Armenia

October 09, 2025

Analysts in Baku note that the congressmen who initiated the bill have been observed over the years engaging in pro-Armenian lobbying in the United States

Opinion: “Europe’s ‘golden reserve’?” – Azerbaijan ousted from PACE but remains a strategic partner

Azerbaijan

October 03, 2025

The Italian president described Baku as a respected EU partner, while Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Azerbaijan the EU’s “golden reserve.”

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