"They Won't Break Me," Says Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist
As Khadija Ismayil is given a seven-and-a-half year jail term, she tells judges that witnesses were pressured and testimony based on coercion and forgery.
2 Sep 15
Azerbaijan
Karabakh Refugees Closer to Compensation
Despite win in Europe’s human rights courts, political stalemate is likely to draw out the process of paying reparations to families displaced by war.
28 Aug 15
Street Protest After Death in Azerbaijan Police Custody
Outburst of popular anger follows death of suspect shortly after he was taken in at a police station.
27 Aug 15
Top Footballer Among Six Arrested After Journalist Killed in Azerbaijan
Rasim Aliyev, journalist and media rights advocate, died hours after brutal attack.
17 Aug 15
"No Surprise" at Jail Terms for Leading Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan
With a vengeful government state behind them, prosecutors were always going to get rights activists Leyla and Arif Yunus put behind bars.
14 Aug 15
From Exile, Journalists See Relatives Targeted in Azerbaijan
Family members detained in apparent attempt to muzzle independent voices.
4 Aug 15
High-Profile Trials in Azerbaijan
Courts concern themselves with charges of financial wrongdoing, and ignore the blindingly obvious offence of criticising the government.
31 Jul 15
Azerbaijan Journalist Says Wife Held Hostage to Make him Return
Cloak-and-dagger meetings in a border town as police try to force journalist to come back.
22 Jul 15
Azerbaijani Reporters Stopped at Border
“We fear that this growing harassment is a forerunner of a new crackdown” – Reporters Without Borders.
13 Jul 15
Azerbaijan-Armenia: New Games, Old Conflict
Armenians send a team, but get a hostile reception from flag-waving crowds.
10 Jul 15
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