Lamiya Adilgizi
Freelance Azerbaijani journalist
Economist had announced launch of UK-based education fund before his arrest.
Villagers demand end to construction of a second reservoir for a local gold mine.
The 40-year-old faces up to five years in prison following an arrest many see as directly related to his criticism of the interior ministry.
Islam is on the rise in the oil-rich, secular South Caucasus country and the hijab is a way to make a statement.
Rights organisations maintain that systematic lack of action in investigating such crimes serves to empower perpetrators.
With Russian peacekeepers in Nagorny Karabakh, the region is Baku’s Achilles’ heel.
Armenians send a team, but get a hostile reception from flag-waving crowds.
Mutual recriminations as helicopter downing mars efforts to rebuild dialogue between leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Once seen as an instrument of Turkish soft power, the educational programme has fallen foul of a battle between Prime Minister Erdoğan and influential preacher Fethullah Gülen.
Leaked emails used to claim that some senior figures in Baku are linked to influential Turkish cleric.