Azerbaijani doctor detained after warning of ‘mass infections’ in schools
The State Security Services have accused Ilaha Majidova of causing ‘confusion and unfounded concern’ in a viral audio message.
Families of war dead protest ‘flooded graves’ in Azerbaijan
The families of 17 soldiers from Baku’s Yasamal District have been protesting for weeks.
Seven years after the suicide of Isa Shakhmarli — little change for queer Azerbaijanis
For the past six years, Azerbaijan’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community has marked 22 January as a day to fight homophobic hate.
Azerbaijan starts rolling out China’s Sinovac vaccine
Since the first case was registered in February, 227,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Azerbaijan, with almost 3,000 having passed away.
Ex-head of Azerbaijan’s state media fund arrested ahead of controversial reforms
The arrest came as Azerbaijan moves to introduce reforms to media regulation in the country that could put greater pressure on journalists.
Azerbaijan’s volunteers in the line of fire
When the Azerbaijani government could not take of the people living near the frontline, these women stepped in.
Azerbaijani feminists roast MP over domestic violence comments
MP Razi Nurullayev cast doubt on the existence of gender-based violence and warned that equality ‘must not be abused to spread immorality in society.’
War from behind the lens: conflict reporting as an Azerbaijani IDP
Shells, war crimes, and a belated homecoming, for Ahmad Mukhtar, reporting on the second Nagorno-Karabakh war was a deeply personal affair.
Claims of false accusations dog Azerbaijan’s anti-COVID app
In one complaint, a TV presenter stated that the police misidentified her as a person who had unlawfully left her home while ill with the virus.