By Gulnara Akhundova Huffington Post Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's habit of brutally silencing dissent may be finally catching up with him. A new bill introduced in...
Three imprisoned journalists in Azerbaijan — Khadija Ismayilova (pictured), Gilal Mamedov, and Parviz Gashimli — have demanded an amnesty from the government, according to their lawyers...
In response to a court in Baku, Azerbaijan, convicting journalist Rauf Mirgadirov (pictured) on espionage charges and sentencing him to six years imprisonment, Freedom House issued...
The United Nations Committee Against Torture examined Azerbaijan’s record on torture and ill-treatment on November 11 and 12, 2015, and published its conclusions on 9 December,...
By Roy Greenslade - The Guardian Online A year ago this month Khadija Ismayilova (pictured), an award-winning Azerbaijani journalist, was arrested on a string of charges,...
Authorities in Azerbaijan have conducted a sweeping security operation in Nardaran, a suburb of Baku known as a traditional Shi'ite Muslim stronghold. The December 1 raid...
Law-enforcement agencies in Azerbaijan have launched a special operation to quiet mounting unrest in a heavily Islamic suburb of the capital that has left seven people...