Azerbaijani labour rights activist ‘tortured and detained’
Afiaddin Mammadov has been sentenced to 30 days in detention on charges of disobeying police orders.
Azerbaijan arrests Nagorno-Karabakh resident for ‘illegal border crossing’
The 55-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to illegally cross into Armenia.
Protests in Yerevan and Stepanakert as humanitarian crisis grows in Nagorno-Karabakh
Thousands took to the streets of Yerevan and Stepanakert, not long after the Red Cross warned of a humanitarian crisis.
Azerbaijani opposition party chair detained for ‘collusion with a terrorist organisation’
Gubad Ibadoghlu’s wife was also detained, and allegedly beaten by police.
Azerbaijan removes 58 foreign journalists from blacklist
58 journalists out of ‘over 2,000’ foreign nationals were removed from the list of persona non grata, to mark Azerbaijan’s National Press and Journalism Day.
Mining to be halted in Soyudlu after Aliyev threatens ‘provocateurs’
The move came a day after Azerbaijan’s president publicly acknowledged the protests.
Azerbaijan blocks Red Cross access to Nagorno-Karabakh
The move has placed Nagorno-Karabakh under a full blockade, with no supply of food or fuel to the region.
Azerbaijan’s Soyudlu enters third week under police blockade
A checkpoint was established at the entrances to the village following environmental protests that were violently dispersed by police.
US Embassy security hand activists and journalist to Azerbaijani police
The Azerbaijani activists were protesting state suppression of recent protests at a US Embassy event in Baku.
Azerbaijani activists and journalist detained over mine protests
A journalist who published video footage of police violently dispersing protesters has been detained