Want to say - 2015
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The media climate is growing so grim in Azerbaijan that some observers are reminded of an old Soviet-era adage that just about the only safe topic for public discussion is the weather. A government cr...
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Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Alexander Mishchenko, made a statement in connection with the death of civilians in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region. "As a result of mass shelling of resident...
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At a hearing today, a prosecutor requested a six-year jail term for Seymour Khazi, one of the opposition newspaper Azadlig’s most famous reporters, who has been held since late August on a trumped-up...
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“…our path is clear…. The system of government and style of society we are developing in Azerbaijan is based on Western values, including democratic pluralism, the free market economy, and a secular r...
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Six months from now Baku, the capital of gas-and-oil rich Azerbaijan, will host the first ever European Games. There will be the usual cycling, running and swimming, and the less usual sambo, a martia...
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It was well after midnight in Baku, on 5 August last year, when I spoke by Skype to my old friend Arif Yunus, the distinguished Azerbaijani scholar. Arif was under great stress. He wanted to discuss h...
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On January 12 a well-known historian and conflict expert Arif Yunusov is 60 years old. He meets his birthday in the prison of the Ministry of National Security (MNS).Arif was arrested on August 5, 201...
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Liz Mermin calls for release of Khadija IsmayilovaLiz Mermin, a collaborator with recently imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova, describes corruption and human rights abuse in Azerbaijan.
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The arrested journalist Khadija Ismayilova wrote in her letter that she is determination to fight, and call on her supporters for the same. "What can I expect from those who want to deal with me by al...
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PEN American Center defended the investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova arrested in Azerbaijan.Among the authors of the appeal in support of her there is a well-known writer of Afghan origin Khal...
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Azerbaijan’s attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is one more sign of trouble. Will the White House respond?By DAVID J. KRAMERJan. 4, 2015 5:36 p.m. ETIn a Dec. 18 interview with Radio Free Europ...
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The arrested human rights activist Leyla Yunus handed another letter which states: "A medical examination in Azerbaijan is impossible without abuse, even in the presence of a doctor from Germany. On...
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By Jeffrey Gedmin December 31, 2014Jeffrey Gedmin is chairman, global politics and security, at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and co-director of the World Affairs Institute’s Trans...












