Azerbaijani Shiite activist charged with drug trafficking
An Azerbaijani member of the Muslim Unity Movement has been detained on four months pre-trial detention facing drug charges.
Senior Nakhchivan official arrested by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service
The arrest has led to speculation that the central government may be trying to wrest power from the local authorities.
Azerbaijan threatens ‘necessary steps’ over Lachin corridor ‘arms transfers’
Daily reports of ceasefire violations have raised fears that a new escalation or even full-scale war may be imminent.
Tensions flare between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces
Both sides have accused each other of ceasefire violations daily for over two weeks.
French Senate calls for sanctions on Azerbaijan and recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry called the resolution ‘groundless and far from the truth’.
Azerbaijani opposition activist given 30 days in prison
Rovshan Mammadov was detained during a demonstration organised by the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party.
Azerbaijani pro-democracy activist arrested
Orkhan Zeynalli of the Democracy 1918 Movement has reportedly been arrested by plainclothes officers from his home in Baku.
Azerbaijani child bride dies during childbirth
Shabinur Isayeva, 17, was married when she was 15.
Azerbaijan arrests ‘Iran-backed militants’
Azerbaijan’s State Security Service said they had exposed and neutralised a group controlled by the Iranian special services.
Georgian man arrested by Turkey for smuggling 1,100 bees on his body
Turkish authorities say the man was detained as he attempted to cross the Georgian–Turkish border at Sarpi.