Press Review 05/01/13

Official newspapers publish numerous articles about Ilham Aliyev and on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev.

The same newspapers continue to publish defamatory material against the opposition and the protest vote.

Azadlig writes about yesterday's rally in memory of the massacre that happened on April 30, 2009 at the Oil Academy, as well as the police intervention of an action that took place at the Academy.  Some protesters were sentenced to ten days of administrative arrest.

At the Geneva meeting of the UN, Azerbaijan was criticized for corruption, human rights violations, and illegal arrests.

Employees of the Russian Federal Security Service raided the branch of the Azerbaijan International Bank in St. Petersburg. Management of the bank did not comment on the reasons for the raid.

Zerkalo: Tehran gave away Ramiz Mehdiyev’s statements which made his mission impossible, says a columnist.

Express

Erosion has affected 3.6 million hectares of land reserves of Azerbaijan, and 1 million hectares transformed into salt marshes.

The largest number of Azerbaijan HIV infections are in the South Caucasus with 3,784 people officially registered. 

Bizim Yol comments on Ramiz Mehdiyev’s visit to Iran and his anti-Western statements.

Yeni Musavat writes about the arrest of one of the factions of Beylar Eyubov, calling it a disagreement within the power.

Experts see the anti-Western speeches by Ramiz Mehdiyev in Tehran as an example of the confusion within the leadership of Azerbaijan.