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Azerbaijan opposition parties protest snap presidential elections

12 March 2018 by OC Media

The rally in Baku (Caucasian Knot)

Several thousand people protested in Baku on 10 March, in a rally organised by Azerbaijan’s two largest oppo­si­tion groups against President Ilham Aliyev. The groups have announced they plan to boycott the pres­i­den­tial elections scheduled for 11 April. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, election, freedom of expression, freedom of media, freedom of speech, georgia, Gozal Bayramli, human rights, ilham aliyev, mukhtarli, snap presidential elections

Drowning in rubbish: Baku’s waste management headache

3 March 2018 by Vafa Zeynalova

(Vafa Zeynalova /OC Media)

Baku is the largest and one of the most polluted cities in the South Caucasus. Seven percent of the city’s territory is occupied by dumps. One of the largest rubbish pro­cess­ing plants in Europe has operated in the city for five years, but this has not solved the problem. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, environment, garbage, pollution, waste management

Fire in Baku rehab centre kills at least 24

2 March 2018 by OC Media

(contact.az)

A fire at a drug reha­bil­i­ta­tion centre in Baku has left at least 24 people dead and several more injured. Local media quoted Health Ministry officials as saying that three people have been hos­pi­talised, and more than 30 rescued. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, fire, rehabilitation centre

Azerbaijan sentences opposition activist to 3 years for ‘smuggling money’

24 January 2018 by OC Media

Gozal Bayramli (RFE/Rl)

Azer­bai­jani oppo­si­tion politi­cian Gozal Bayramli was sentenced to 3 years in prison by an Azer­bai­jani court on 23 January. Bayramli was detained at the border last May while crossing from Georgia, and charged with attempt­ing to smuggle €12,000 ($13,400) in cash. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, freedom of expression, freedom of media, freedom of speech, georgia, Gozal Bayramli, human rights, mukhtarli

OSCE calls on Azerbaijan to release illegally jailed journalists

20 December 2017 by OC Media

Harlem Désir, OSCE Rep­re­sen­ta­tive on Freedom of the Media (OSCE)

The OSCE Media Freedom rep­re­sen­ta­tive, Harlem Désir, has called on Azer­bai­jani author­i­ties to end ‘restric­tive measures detri­men­tal to jour­nal­ists’ freedom and safety’. The following day, author­i­ties in Baku arrested another jour­nal­ist, editor-in-chief of the Khural newspaper, Avaz Zeynalov. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: afgan mukhtarli, Avaz Zeynalov, Azerbaijan, baku, harlem desir, human rights, journalist, mukhtarli, osce

Elderly in Azerbaijan: venerated yet lonely

15 December 2017 by Vafa Zeynalova

Despite the veneer of patri­archy and the respect for the elderly, the life of old people in Azer­bai­jan is hard, espe­cial­ly when they are lonely. With an average pension of $100, they can only hope for help from shelters, kind neigh­bours, and vol­un­teers.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, economic exclusion, elderly, great patriotic war, poverty, social exclusion, veterans, ww2, wwii

The invisible — living with disability in Azerbaijan

17 November 2017 by Vafa Zeynalova

Orkhan Adigozal (Vafa Zeynalova)

People with dis­abil­i­ty in Azer­bai­jan are trying to craft normal lives. But their efforts are hampered by badly designed infra­struc­ture, dis­crim­i­na­tion at every turn, and flawed leg­is­la­tion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, discrimination, human rights, integration, people with disabilities

‘Three terrorists dead’ in Azerbaijan shootout

27 October 2017 by OC Media

Azerbaijan’s State Security Service (APA)

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of National Security says they have killed three members of an armed group who were planning a terrorist attack during an oppo­si­tion demon­stra­tion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, ministry of national security, national security, terrorist attack

Arrests, threats, and humiliation in Azerbaijan’s crackdown on queer people

12 October 2017 by Vafa Zeynalova

The office of the queer rights group Gender and Devel­op­ment (Vafa Zeynalova/OC Media)

Last month, reports emerged of the mass detention of queer people in Azer­bai­jan. OC Media spoke to one of the men caught up in the roundup, and a number of activists offering assis­tance. They tell of illegal arrests, humil­i­a­tion, and even torture, as author­i­ties continue to apply pressure. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gender, Top Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, detention, human rights, lgbt, lgbt rights, lgbtqi, minorities, queer, queer rights

Hundreds rally in Baku against corruption

9 October 2017 by OC Media

Oppo­si­tion activists during the demon­stra­tion on 7 October (Azadliq Radio)

Hundreds of people gathered in Baku on 7 October to protest against state cor­rup­tion. The rally was organised by the National Council of Demo­c­ra­t­ic Forces — an umbrella group con­sist­ing of several of Azerbaijan’s oppo­si­tion groups. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Azerbaijan, baku, corruption, human rights, journalists, protest, rally

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