Zarema Velikhanova
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Campaigning for parliamentary polls muted, with no free airtime for opposition parties.
Government says unpopular move puts Azerbaijan into step with the world economy.
Amendments criticised as device to strengthen already overmighty presidency and limit people’s rights.
Azerbaijanis hint they want change to the way the negotiations over Nagorny Karabakh are managed.
Almost ten years after the end of the Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan is still struggling to combat the landmine scourge.
Despite a New Year’s presidential pardon, Azerbaijan’s jails hold many political prisoners, critics say.
Plans to build road through Baku cemetery may lead to destruction of thousands of old graves, including Armenian ones.
Opposition paper faces string of lawsuits and fugitive journalist escapes extradition, in latest clashes between media and government.
Relatives of those who drowned in the sinking of the Merkury-2 in the Caspian Sea want answers to some basic questions.
Azerbaijani newspapers are divided over a new government scheme offering them low-interest loans.