The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament has condemned the arrest of Radio Free Europe/Free Liberty investigative journalist in Azerbaijan, Khadija Ismayilova...
This photo shows Azerbaijani Khadija Ismayilova, a reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan detained Ismayilova, a prominent investigative journalist whose reporting has...
A senior Azerbaijani MP has urged the European Parliament to make a "fresh start" with the country in the coming 12 months. Independent MP Elkhan Suleymanov (pictured, centre) hopes for...
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an OMCT-FIDH joint programme, is extremely concerned by recent information on Azerbaijani human-rights activist Leyla Yunus’s deteriorating health,...
A warning from a prominent international transparency group on 15 October gives Azerbaijan’s government a clear incentive to promptly open up space for activists to operate....
A major new report hails Azerbaijan as a "model" of tolerance and multiculturalism for neighbouring countries. It says that social hostility to 60-80 ethnic minority groups...
A European Parliament motion calling on Azerbaijan to free two prisoners facing fraud graft charges have been branded a “direct interference in a criminal investigation” by...