Azeris Guilty of Foul Play
The football pitches of Azerbaijan have become the latest battleground for warring power-brokers seeking to score political goals.
The football pitches of Azerbaijan have become the latest battleground for warring power-brokers seeking to score political goals.
Sparks are flying in cyberspace as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict takes on a new and unexpected dimension.
The UN is investigating reports of police brutality in Azerbaijan, but alleged victims of state torture have little hope that their tormentors will ever be brought to justice.
Azerbaijan's local elections - the first in the nation's history - have been overshadowed by widespread accusations of malpractice and police brutality.
An independent TV station in Azerbaijan remains shut down and its staff on hunger strike a month after armed police stormed the studios after the showing of a programme critical of President Heydar Aliev.
The idea of resignation on principle - even over such a sensitive issue as Nagorno-Karabakh - is a new one on most Azeri politicians. If the wave of departures from the Azeri government have a cause, it is little to do with honour.
By Mark Grigorian in Tblisi (Published on October 29, 1999)
Meetings this month between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are raising expectations of a peace agreement over the disputed territory.