Azerbaijan

July 22, 2025 16:54

• Activist Nijad Ibrahim sentenced to prison term

  A Baku court sentenced activist Nijad Ibrahim to 6.5 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty, and his defense intends to appeal the verdict.

July 22, 2025 01:56

• Z-bloggers demand that pro-Putin political scientist be recognized as a foreign agent for his praise of Aliyev

  Against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, a number of Z-bloggers have called for pro-Kremlin political scientist Sergei Markov, who praised Ilham Aliyev in front of Azerbaijani journalists in Shushi, to be declared a foreign agent. Markov responded by recalling that he has been "a supporter of Putin for all 26 years."

July 21, 2025 17:55

• Preparation of international lawsuits marked Baku's political distancing from Moscow

  Azerbaijan's threat to file lawsuits against Russia in connection with the crash of the AZAL plane creates a negative background for bilateral relations, but does not exclude the possibility of reaching a political compromise in the near future, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 21, 2025 13:46

• Kremlin responds to Aliyev's threats of lawsuits over AZAL plane crash

  Russia will await the official results of the investigation into the crash of the AZAL plane, Dmitry Peskov said. According to him, Moscow hopes for an improvement in Russian-Azerbaijani relations.

July 21, 2025 12:48

• Abzas Media Director Announces Indefinite Hunger Strike in Prison

  Convicted Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli has declared an indefinite hunger strike in protest, saying that the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service is not enforcing court decisions.

July 19, 2025 19:53

• Aliyev threatens Russia with lawsuit over AZAL plane crash

  Azerbaijan is preparing documents to file claims in international courts regarding the crash of the AZAL plane. Russia has not admitted guilt and has not punished those responsible for the deaths, the President of Azerbaijan said.

July 19, 2025 18:53

• Azerbaijani human rights activist calls search illegal

  The home of Azerbaijani human rights activist Zafar Akhmedov was searched. He and his son were interrogated for several hours at the prosecutor's office, after which they were released. Akhmedov called the search illegal, since he is a witness in the case.

July 18, 2025 23:57

• More than 100 applications from Karabakh refugees sent to the ECHR

  Human rights activists have filed more than 100 applications to the European Court of Human Rights to protect the property of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 18, 2025 12:46

• Arrest of son of head of Azerbaijani diaspora in Urals appealed

  The defense of Mutvala Shykhlinski, the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, Shahin Shykhlinski, has appealed his arrest.

July 18, 2025 11:54

• Activists called on the President of Azerbaijan to facilitate Mammadli’s treatment in a civilian clinic

  A group of civil society representatives and journalists from Azerbaijan have appealed to President Ilham Aliyev to help create conditions for the treatment of detained Toplum TV founder Alesker Mammadli in a civilian clinic.

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