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As Turkey Backs Azerbaijan’s Recent Strikes on Armenian Towns, Where Are Russia, the EU, and the US?
21 Sep 2022, 6:00 am
(Armenian territory sits between Nakhichevan and the rest of Azerbaijan.) [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 12:13 pm
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] reported [press release] the conviction of leading human rights activist Rasul Jafarov by a court in Azerbaijan Thursday and called for his immediate release. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 8:53 am
[JURIST] A court in Azerbaijan [official website] on Thursday upheld the conviction and detention of top human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. [read post]
3 Apr 2016, 4:20 pm
[JURIST] Azerbaijan on Sunday announced a "unilateral ceasefire" to the fighting with Armenian forces over the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 11:25 am
[JURIST] The Council of Europe [official website] released [press release, PDF] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks's observations on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan on Wednesday revealing human rights issues including: freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association and the right to property. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 4:05 am
CNA reports that on Wednesday, the Vatican signed an historic treaty with Azerbaijan securing the legal status of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, and protecting freedom of religion. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 1:15 pm
ICNL has published comments on the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Making Changes and Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereinafter referred to as the "new law"), which came into effect on September 1,... [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 6:03 am
The civil society in Azerbaijan and some expatriates in the United States are organizing against a March 18, 2009 constitutional referendum that “would clear the way for [Azerbaijan’s] President Ilham Aliyev to remain in office indefinitely. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 7:01 am
Azerbaijan has faced international criticism for the ongoing persecution of human rights activists amidst a long history of political dissent and the recent Armenia-Azerbaijan border crisis. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 11:01 am
At a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe [official website] (OSCE) Minsk Group, on Monday, Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed [AA report] to begin the process of reducing tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh, which both nations lay claim to the territory. [read post]
7 Dec 2013, 7:29 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo [official profile] on Friday commended recent steps taken by Azerbaijan [JURIST news archive] officials to adopt legal measures in protection of women's rights, but urged [press release] authorities to better implement these policies. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 2:10 pm
A commission under the Council of Europe [official website] on Wednesday released a preliminary report [text, PDF] finding that proposed changes to the Azerbaijan Constitution are not justified and would hinder the balance of government power [AP report]. [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 4:43 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned [press release] the recent "crackdown" on dissent in Azerbaijan, denouncing the imprisonment of journalist and human rights activist Khadija Ismayilova [backgrounder]. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 10:30 am
The Azerbaijan Supreme Court [official website] reduced his sentence from over seven years to a five year-probation period. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 7:53 pm
The wave of arrests began on 29 March when Nazim Abbasli from the Azerbaijan Democrat Party was arrested and given five days’ administrative detention. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 9:17 am
One wonders if a different outcome might have arisen in the Gulf Coast oil leak at the Deepwater Horizon had information on the leak in Azerbaijan been fully publicized? [read post]
12 Jan 2013, 2:29 pm
Today's "History of" country is Azerbaijan. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 10:15 pm
The international media has (finally) noticed Azerbaijan’s alarming authoritarianism. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 1:49 pm
Azerbaijan. [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 6:06 am
Yet an invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan would run counter to America’s interest. [read post]
