Ismi Aghayev
Ismi has worked as a journalist since 2017 and is passionate about multimedia journalism. He is particularly interested in peacebuilding and human rights.
Azerbaijani MP attacks police officer
MP Eldeniz Salimov reportedly attacked the officer after being asked to leave a restaurant due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Activists bring coffin to Azerbaijani ministry following spate of women’s killings
On 25 July, a woman was strangled to death, allegedly by her husband, in the fifth murder of a woman allegedly by a man close to her in 10 days.
Azerbaijani blogger ‘took own life’ Tbilisi Stamba Hotel says
Huseyn Bakikhanov’s death emerged after several Azerbaijani dissidents claimed that he may have been killed by the Azerbaijani government.
Fifth woman murdered in Azerbaijan in 10 days
A woman strangled to death in Barda District was the fifth to have allegedly been killed after a personal conflict with a man.
‘The most vicious interference’: Azerbaijani journalists react to Pegasus revelations
Even journalists who expected to be under some level of state surveillance were shocked by the degree of privacy violation.
Azerbaijani authorities return 15-year-old girl to family after ‘wedding’
Videos of the marriage ceremony in the village of Kichik Dahna emerged on social media on Tuesday.
Activists protest alleged dog-killings by shelter for strays in Baku
Activists claim that the Toplan Centre for Stray Dogs does not care for the dogs, but simply kills them.
Environmentalists stage protest in front of Azerbaijan's Environment Ministry
The activists are protesting an ongoing program of leasing public forest lands to private owners.
Man attacked in Baku ‘for having blue hair’
Twenty-two-year-old model Abbaskhan Humbatov was attacked in the streets of Baku in what appears to have been a homophobic incident.
Armenia’s election — a view from Azerbaijan
OC Media spoke to several opposition figures and civil society leaders in Azerbaijan to find out the perceptions of the elections in Azerbaijan.