Azerbaijan

Volodya Petrosyan shows the damage done by bullets that struck his house in the village of Nerkin Karmiraghbyur. (Photo: Gohar Abrahamyan)
18 May 12
Border villagers say life feels like the war never ended.
Many homes in Zaqatala district are beyond repair and will have to be replaced. (Photo: Elshan Balakhanski)
18 May 12
Government promises to rebuild homes, but what people want right now is more tents.
Parviz Amiraliyev and Firdovsi Gasimov are working together to rebuild their homes. (Photo: Seymur Kazimov)
5 Apr 12
Government wants people to go back to villages, and helps them raise old homes from ruins.
Renovated airport in Stepanakert. (Photo: Marut Vanyan)
30 Mar 12
Azerbaijani officials insist Armenian-held entity must not reopen airport, and suggest passenger planes flying on “illegal” route might be shot down.
Khadija Ismailova. (Photo: Shahla Sultanova)
16 Mar 12
Secret filming and open threats, coinciding with unsubstantiated claims in pro-government papers? The target, Khadija Ismayilova, thinks the trail is pretty clear.
9 Mar 12
Homeowners say they were summarily evicted and offered poor compensation in land clearance for song contest venue.
Mushviq Aliyev, whose shop was demolished soon after he sold his home to buy it. (Photo: Gulnur Ragifgizi)
Azerbaijani defence ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu. (Photo: Afqan Muxtarli) An Azerbaijani woman prays at a mosque in Baku. (Photo: Samira Ahmedbeyli)
Isa Gambar has offered to step down as leader of Azerbaijan’s Musavat party to let a merger with the Popular Front go through. (Photo: www.isagambar.az) This home in Chiragli was destroyed in the conflict and never rebuilt. (Photo: Orhan Orhanov) Protesters clash with police in Baku. (Photo: Idrak Abbasov)
Yvonne Botteau Jacques makes headlines on her return to France. (Photo: Sabuhi Mammadli) Kamal Qahramanov, who was deported in 1944 along with the entire Meskhetian community and is hoping to return to Georgia at last. (Photo: Kenan Guluzade) Yvonne (Joanna) Botteau Jacques at her home in Murguzalli. (Photo: Sabuhi Mammadli) Youth activist Jabbar Savalan. (Photo: J. Savalan) The girl whose illegal marriage was prevented by police. (Photo: Gulnur Ragifgizi)
Yvonne (Joanna) Botteau Jacques at her home in Murguzalli. (Photo: Sabuhi Mammadli)