Caucasus

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani writer Rafiq Tagi, who died on November 23 four days after a brutal knife attack, (Photo: APA news agency)
Tehran Denies Role in Azeri Journalist's Death
Sabuhi Mammadli
25 Nov 11
Rafiq Tagi was an unrelenting critic of Iranian theocracy and political Islam in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan: A Long Displacement
IWPR contributors
19 Nov 11
Video: Hardship, but hope too, among Azerbaijanis driven from their homes by 1990s war.
A grocer’s shop in Baku. (Photo: Maharram Zeynalov)
Food Quality Concerns in Azerbaijan
Maharram Zeynalov
18 Nov 11
Health ministry has strict food standards but most sellers ignore them.
This home in Chiragli was destroyed in the conflict and never rebuilt. (Photo: Orhan Orhanov)
Photo Essay
Lives on the Line in Azerbaijan
Orhan Orhanov
15 Nov 11
Villagers eke out existence along "line of control" facing Armenian-held territory.
Vilayat Bakhshaliyev in the hostel where he has lived since the Karabakh conflict. (Photo: Natig Javadli)
Azerbaijan: Past Displacement, Present Hardship
Natig Javadli
11 Nov 11
After a decade and a half in “temporary” housing, people who fled Karabakh see little hope of a better life.
Journalist from Armenia and Azerbaijan attending training in Tbilisi. (Photo: Mirian Koridze/IWPR)
Project Profile
Rebuilding Trust Between Caucasian Neighbours
IWPR staff
5 Nov 11
Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists work together and find they have more in common than they thought.
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Bailiffs arrived at the Khural newspaper's offices on October 19. (Photo: Leyla Mustafayeva)
Azeri Newspaper to Fight Property Seizure
Leyla Mustafayeva
21 Oct 11
Editors say judicial action is punishment for Khural paper’s critical stance.
Azerbaijan’s grain harvest this year was far lower than expected, partly due to bad weather but also because of chronic underpending. (Photo: Sabuhi Mammadli) Vilayat Bakhshaliyev in the hostel where he has lived since the Karabakh conflict. (Photo: Natig Javadli) Baku, Wed, Oct 8. Oil workers for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline are invited to the opening of an office of the government party New Azerbaijan in Baku and given new uniforms. Karabakh president Bako Sahakyan is backed by all parliamentary parties. (Photo: Lusine Musaelyan) Yvonne (Joanna) Botteau Jacques at her home in Murguzalli. (Photo: Sabuhi Mammadli) Mushviq Aliyev, whose shop was demolished soon after he sold his home to buy it. (Photo: Gulnur Ragifgizi)
Ehtiram Pashayev, deputy director of the Public Organisation Against AIDS. (Photo: Vafa Zeynalova) Suraya Qahramanova and one of her children. (Photo: Gulnaz Qanbarli) Emin Milli, one of two bloggers released after spending 17 months in an Azerbaijani prison. (Photo: Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety) Georgi Vanyan, who remains determined to hold a screening of Azerbaijani films in Yerevan. (Photo: Pastark Press Club) An Azerbaijani woman prays at a mosque in Baku. (Photo: Samira Ahmedbeyli) Protest over hijab ban in Azerbaijan’s state schools, held in Baku on December 10. The placard on the left says "I want to study". (Photo: Turkhan Kerimov)