‘We hope that this tragedy will end’: Azerbaijanis in Ukraine describe a brutal war
OC Media spoke with Azerbaijanis in Ukraine about the ongoing Russian invasion.
Prominent queer Azerbaijani journalist brutally murdered
Avaz Hafizli was stabbed to death and then dismembered.
Armenian and Azerbaijani officials silent on Donbas recognition
Aliyev’s silence was particularly loud, given his meeting with Putin on Tuesday — and his subsequent signing of a ‘Declaration on Allied Interaction’.
Trucker protest briefly shuts down Azerbaijan’s largest highway
Three of the four drivers involved in the protest have been placed under arrest.
Azerbaijan arrests several top military officials
One of the men arrested is Rafael Khalilov, the head of the finance department of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
The battle over Christian monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh
Recent threats by Baku to erase Armenian inscriptions on monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh have directed a grim focus on the Armenia-Azerbaijan history war.
Aliyev signs law to muzzle press
The law creates a registry for all journalists, with opaque requirements for inclusion as well as benefits, including preferential mortgage rates.
Azerbaijani MP resigns from Press Council after lashing out at ‘lumpenproletariat’ journalists
Javanshir Feyziyev had recently had £5 million of assets confiscated by the UK government.
First Azerbaijani IDPs to return to Zangilan ‘in spring’
President Aliyev said that people would return to the newly reconstructed village of Aghali, in the Zangilan District, in the spring and the summer.
Man arrested for cutting down Turkish flag following manhunt in Baku
The Interior Ministry said Fuad Ismayilov had ‘disrespected the State Flag of the brotherly Republic of Turkey’.