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Azerbaijani Police Disperse Postelection Protest
Published: 16/02/2020Security forces detained opposition supporters as they were gathering to protest outside Azerbaijan's election commission building in the capital, Baku, on February 16. A candidate for the opposition ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Scores Of Opposition Leaders, Activists Detained Ahead Of Election Protest In Baku
Published: 16/02/2020Police in Azerbaijan have detained three opposition party leaders and more than 100 activists ahead of a protest in Baku against the results of last week's parliamentary elections that were criticized ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Armenian, Azerbaijani Leaders Debate Nagorno-Karabakh, Make Little Visible Progress
Published: 15/02/2020Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders butted heads over the frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, but made little visible progress toward resolving the more-than-30-year-old dispute. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Azerbaijani President Vows To Investigate Violations During Parliamentary Elections
Published: 14/02/2020Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has vowed to thoroughly investigate all violations at voting stations during the parliamentary elections on February 9 after the Central Election Commission annulled ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Azerbaijan Ordered To Compensate Activists For 'Arbitrary' Drug Arrests
Published: 13/02/2020The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Azerbaijan to pay compensation to two opposition activists jailed on drugs charges after painting political graffiti on a statue of former Preside ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Police Forcefully Break Up Postelection Protest In Azerbaijan
Published: 12/02/2020Azerbaijani police detained at least 20 people at a demonstration in Baku on February 11, injuring several of them. The protesters, including independent candidates, were voicing their anger over wide ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Azerbaijan's Ruling Party Claims It Won At Least 72 Seats In Parliamentary Elections
Published: 12/02/2020Azerbaijan's ruling Yeni Azerbaijan (New Azerbaijan) party says it has won at least 72 seats in parliament in the February 9 elections. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Police Detain More Than 20 Opposition Candidates At Election Protest In Baku
Published: 11/02/2020Azerbaijani police have detained more than 20 opposition and independent candidates who were protesting against results of early parliamentary polls that were also criticized by international observer ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Uzbek President's Son-In-Law To Head New Central Asian MMA Confederation
Published: 11/02/2020The younger son-in-law of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has been elected as the head of the newly created Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Central Asian Confederation, which will be headquartered in Tashk ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Early Vote Results Give Azerbaijani President Majority Needed For Power Shift
Published: 10/02/2020The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) is set to gain a majority of seats in the Caucasus country's single-chamber parliament, following snap elections that observers say will allow President Ilham Ali ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Voting Irregularities Mar Azerbaijan's Elections
Published: 9/02/2020Azerbaijanis cast their ballots in early parliamentary elections on February 9 -- and some apparently cast multiple ballots. Along with irregularities such as ballot-box stuffing and so-called carouse ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Azerbaijani Voters Elect New Parliament In Snap Elections
Published: 9/02/2020Voters across Azerbaijan went to the polls on February 9 to choose a new parliament amid pledges of reform in the wake of a government shakeup by entrenched President Ilham Aliyev but with some opposi ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Azerbaijani Voters Head To Polls In Snap Elections Called By Longtime Ruler Aliyev
Published: 9/02/2020Polling stations are open across Azerbaijan for snap parliamentary elections amid pledges of reform in the wake of a government shakeup by entrenched President Ilham Aliyev. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Stuffed Ballot Boxes And Carousels: Azerbaijan Votes Again Under Scrutiny
Published: 7/02/2020Azerbaijanis go to the polls this weekend to choose members of their parliament. After decades of elections plagued by media manipulation and dirty tricks, opposition activists hold out little hope of ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Azerbaijan's 'Equal Coverage' Law Stifles Media Reports On Elections
Published: 6/02/2020OSCE observers say most media in Azerbaijan are avoiding reporting about campaigns for the February 9 parliamentary elections because of a stifling "equal coverage" law. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Jailed Azerbaijani Banker's Wife Loses Battle Over U.K.'s First Unexplained Wealth Order
Published: 6/02/2020A jailed Azerbaijani banker's wife who spent 16 million pounds ($21 million) over a decade in London's Harrods department store and was the target of Britain's first unexplained wealth order (UWO) has ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Ukrainian Officials Deny Ordering Deportation Of Azerbaijani Opposition Blogger
Published: 29/01/2020Ukraine's State Migration Service (DMS) says it never ordered the deportation of Azerbaijani opposition blogger Elvin Isayev to Baku. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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An Azerbaijani Diplomat, A Russian Song, And A Georgian Fistfight
Published: 20/01/2020A pair of musicians are urging Azerbaijan to recall a diplomat after they say he attacked them in a restaurant in Georgia after confusing a Russian hit for a song from rival Armenia. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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Thousands In Azerbaijan Mark 30th Anniversary Of Deadly Soviet Crackdown
Published: 20/01/2020Thousands of Azerbaijanis have descended on the capital, Baku, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Soviet crackdown in which dozens of people were killed. Read moreSource: www.rferl.org -
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Azerbaijanis Mark 30th Anniversary Of Bloody 'Black January' Crackdown
Published: 19/01/2020Azerbaijanis are set to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Black January, a bloody crackdown by Soviet troops that failed to stop Azerbaijan’s independence movement. On January 20, 1990, more than 20 ... Read moreSource: www.rferl.org
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