Azerbaijan
EU Parliament adopts resolution condemning human rights situation in Azerbaijan
The resolution ‘strongly’ condemns the arrest of Ali Karimli, chair of the opposition Popular Front Party, and calls for his immediate release.
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Detentions of the opposition Popular Front Party members continue in Azerbaijan
Murad Sultanli was reportedly arrested and sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani authorities add new charges against opposition leader Ali Karimli’s bodyguard
Novruz Taghiyev has been in detention since May 2025.
Azerbaijan
More than 20 members of Azerbaijani opposition party Popular Front detained during leader’s court hearing
Raids were also conducted at the homes of his brother-in-law Elnur Seyidov and party member and journalist Tazakhan Miralamli.
Azerbaijan
Arrest of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party chair Ali Karimli triggers international criticism
Frank Schwabe, a German member of PACE, stated that Azerbaijan is moving ‘further away’ from European values.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan detains two members of opposition Popular Front Party
Charges against two members of the opposition Popular Front Party have not been disclosed.
2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections
Aliyev announces snap presidential elections for February
President Ilham Aliyev has announced that Azerbaijan will hold snap presidential elections on 7 February 2024, a year before his fourth term as president ends. Aliyev has served as Azerbaijan’s president since October 2003. In 2009, a public referendum removed a limit on the number of terms that a president could serve. Another referendum held in 2016 extended the presidential terms to seven years. The 2016 referendum also created the office of vice president, a position that has been held
