Politics - 2012
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In connection with the report of an international monitoring organization Tax Justice Network (TJN - Network of fair taxes), which reveal illegal transference of $48 billion from Azerbaijan to offsho...
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The U.S. State Department published its annual report on the status of freedom of religion in the world. In the section devoted to Azerbaijan, it is said that the Constitution provides for freedom of...
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On July 30 representatives of the OSCE Office in Baku visited in pre-trial detention , an arrested human rights defender, Ilham Amiraslanov.Meeting with Amiraslanov was in his cell in the presence...
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US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging Washington to back freedom for Azeris from Iran, TURAN's Washington DC correspondent was informed by...
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Vice-premier, chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs of Azerbaijan Republic, Ali Hasanov, has made contradictory statements about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.At conference "Count...
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Refusal to register non-governmental organizations is one of the most serious problems of civil society in the country. Very often, the Ministry of Justice brings totally unreasonable and subjective...
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Front Line Defenders launched an online and social media campaign today to call attention to the plight of 15 human rights defenders (HRDs) around the world facing threats, harassment, intimidation,...
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On July 26, in Tabriz the vice-consul of Azerbaijan, Nariman Orujev, met with the Azeri writers Farid Hussein and Shakhriyar Hajizadeh detained in Iran. This was the first meeting with the young writ...
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On July 26 the Armenian government has simplified the procedure of getting citizenship for Armenians from Syria, who want to immigrate to Armenia. According to the Minister of Diaspora Granush...
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On a proposal by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, the Council appointed Stavros Lambrinidis as EU Special R...
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In a visit to the Caucasus region, U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Mark P. Hertling met with military and diplomatic leaders of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan to further strengthen security coo...
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Threats to media freedom around the world, especially, in the Middle East and Caucasus, has been discussed in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at the US Capital on Wednesday, with p...
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Center for National and International Studies, (CNIS), published a report entitled "Law on Political Parties of Azerbaijan Republic", which is the first comprehensive study of law and party system de...
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The Russian military left Syrian territory covered by the civil war. Intelligence stations near the border with Israel have been dismantled. In the region of Damascus and the Syrian part of the Golan...
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The Human rights Commission of the U.S. is to discuss threats to press freedom worldwide today. A member of the Commission, Congressman Tom Lantos will report. According to organizers of the deba...
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The U.S. Department of State hosted Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov and other representatives from the Azerbaijani government for the U.S. –Azerbaijan Security Dialogue, which met today in Washin...















