Want to say - 2015
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On 26 June, Meydan TV Director EminMilli reported that he had received a threat from the Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sport, Azad Rahimov, in connection with his critical reporting on the Europea...
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On two consecutive days this week Azerbaijan’s abysmal human rights record came under direct scrutiny – by the United Nations and the Council of Europe, one of Europe’s foremost human rights bodies. T...
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By Don Ray Published: 24 June 2015 Khadija Ismayilova knew she didn’t have to go to prison. But in her mind, her only other option was to exile herself from her native Azerbaijan.Over the past decad...
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The events of the past five days in Armenia can be followed on Twitter under the hashtag #ElectricYerevan, but they aren't on the front pages of global newspapers. The world doesn't get excited about...
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Among the sponsors of the Azerbaijan-hosted European Games, one is not like the others – the United Nations’ Children Fund, or UNICEF. The financial particulars surrounding UNICEF’s sponsorship are mu...
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To see how foreign interests distort reality to steer political debate and influence American foreign policy, look no further than a Dec. 5, 2012, meeting in the US Congress chaired by then-Rep. Dan B...
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Sport likes to believe it floats above the venal world of politics, and so do charities. There can be no better example of this than the first ever European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Emblazoned acros...
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My dear friend Khadijeh Ismail,I am in the city of Bergen. The name of this city is a reminder of human rights and freedom of speech. A seminar about women´s rights in Islamic countries is taking plac...
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To the Editor:The eyes of the world are on my country, my beloved Azerbaijan, as it hosts the inaugural European Games, beginning on Friday. The tourists and athletes are enjoying the spectacle of the...
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The Aliyev regime is selling itself in Washington as friendly and progressive. Is your Congressman buying it?
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The European Games kicks off in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, on Friday. It's the first Olympic-style sporting festival for the continent - but a hashtag first used by organisers and originally meant t...
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An Azerbaijani diplomat, representative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the EU Arif Mammadov has informed of the proceedings against staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for endorsin...
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The stormy public reaction to the government's decision to make a list of torchbearers for the European Games does not subside. Against this background, almost everyone thinks about the question who s...
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The European Games open in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on 12 June. Some 6,000 athletes from almost 50 countries are set to compete.But Khadija Ismayilova, below, the country's best known investig...
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One week before the opening ceremony of the first European Games in the history of the continent, FIDH calls on the European leaders to make the participation of their countries in the opening ceremon...
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On 12 June the first European Games begin in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. More than 6,000 athletes from 50 countries will run, fight and jump for medals, igniting the passions of millions of Europ...















