Stories from Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan: a wedding instead of a graduation

April 07, 2019

Many in the country still believe that the main priorities for a woman are a home and a family – education is not only unnecessary, but can even be harmful

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

April 05, 2019

Who is being arrested and why

Azerbaijan: Recently re-jailed prisoner of conscience says he’s being tortured

April 03, 2019

Bayram Mammadov’s arrest has provoked an argument between journalists and the opposition

Police tell Azerbaijani activist he cannot be protected from ‘president's admirers’

April 03, 2019

Former prisoner of conscience Qiyas Ibrahimov was called in to the police department for a “preventive conversation”

Azerbaijan: Recently released prisoner of conscience sentenced to another month in jail

March 31, 2019

Bayram Mammadov was accused of ‘disobeying the police’

Azerbaijan to compensate merchants whose goods were damaged in mall blaze - photos

March 28, 2019

Despite the fact that they are not entitled to compensation

Azerbaijani religious activist extradited from Turkey

March 25, 2019

Human rights advocates say the extradition is illegal

Is Russian still dividing Azerbaijan in two?

March 22, 2019

Does the country’s Russian language education sector put it at risk for foreign influence and further division?

Azerbaijan celebrates Novruz – the arrival of spring

March 20, 2019

This year the holiday mood is modest and was unfortunately met with bad weather

Political prisoners ‘pardoned’ in Azerbaijan: a sign of change?

March 18, 2019

Some have thanked the president for the decree, while others demand the release of the remaining political prisoners

High profile civic activists, opposition members released through amnesty in Azerbaijan

March 16, 2019

Almost 400 people will be released as part of the amnesty decree

Mass shawarma poisoning in Baku

March 15, 2019

Seven students were hospitalized, but their lives are not in danger

US State Department: human rights situation in Azerbaijan is deplorable

March 14, 2019

The US State Department's report for 2018 touches on the lack of freedom of the press, torture and political prisoners in the country

Armenia holds security meeting in Karabakh, Azerbaijan flexes its muscles with large military exercises

Azerbaijan-Armenia

March 13, 2019

The Armenian Security Council has held its first ever meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Why?

Moscow accuses Azerbaijan of discriminating against Russian citizens who are ethnic Armenians

March 13, 2019

The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens that ‘Azerbaijan may refuse [them] entry under the pretext of the Karabakh conflict’

Azerbaijani officials against divorce float ‘compatibility checks’ before marriage

March 11, 2019

The Family Affairs Committee says psychological incompatibility is at fault for divorce rates in the country

Azerbaijan’s first ever feminist march ends in bizarre confrontation

March 09, 2019

‘Aggressive older women’ attempted to disperse the first feminist march in the history of Azerbaijan

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