Mehman Huseynov

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Blogger Mehman Huseynov holding a picture of MP Faraj Guliyev and the complaints he submitted against him to the authorities. Photo: Mehman Huseynov.

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Azerbaijani blogger ‘offered bribe’ by opponent to pull out of parliamentary race

by OC Media

•3 min read

Mehman Huseynov, a prominent Azerbaijani blogger who is running for 9 February’s parliamentary elections, has claimed that his opponent, sitting MP Faraj Guliyev, offered him ₼15,000 ($9,000) to withdraw his candidacy. In a recording released by Huseynov on Saturday, a man he identified as Guliyev is heard demanding he withdraw. Guliyev currently holds the Surakhani District 2nd Constituency seat in Baku, where both men are currently running. He chairs the National Revival Movement Party

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani rapper Paster arrested and allegedly tortured

by OC Media

•3 min read

The popular Azerbajani rap singer Parviz Guluzade, known by the pseudonym Paster, has been arrested, and allegedly tortured by police. He had recently released a song titled ‘Gang’, which criticized Azerbaijan’s Pasha Bank. News of his arrest and alleged torture was reported on 26 December by independent Azerbaijani journalist Habib Muntazir. In his recent songs Guluzade also criticized the corruption and arbitrariness of Azerbaijani authorities. According to the Organized Crime and Cor

azad hasanov

Protest in Baku in support of hunger-striking opposition politician

by OC Media

•3 min read

Around 20 people marched through Baku’s Winter Park on Monday demanding the release of opposition politician Azad Hasanov and others widely considered by rights groups to be political prisoners. The protest was dispersed by the police and 13 of the marchers were detained. Azad Hasanov, a member of the opposition Musavat Party, was arrested on drug-related charges charges on 12 October, two days after he returned to Baku from Lithuania. On 22 July, Hasanov went on hunger strike in protes

Azerbaijan

‘The appearance of change’ — Azerbaijanis question if the government is opening up

by Kamran Mahmudov

•7 min read

The Azerbaijani government has reacted swiftly in recent months to complaints in the media and online. While many speculate this may be a sign of a more open government in the country, others point to external factors and say they have seen it all before. Society was not indifferent to the announcement of a mass hunger strike after new charges were brought against imprisoned blogger and activist Mehman Huseynov. Other prisoners and members of civil society joined the hunger strike in suppor

Azerbaijan

Charges dropped against Huseynov after thousands rally in Baku

by OC Media

•5 min read

The Azerbaijani authorities have dropped new charges against imprisoned anti-corruption blogger Mehman Huseynov following large protests in the capital. Thousands gathered in Baku on Saturday calling for Huseynov’s release and an end to political prosecutions and corruption in the country. Huseynov, 26, was sentenced to two years in prison in March 2017 on charges of defamation, after accusing the police of abducting and torturing him. On Tuesday, the Prosecutor General’s Office droppe

Amnesty International

Mass hunger strikes in Azerbaijan against ‘political prosecutions’

by Gulnur Kazimova

•7 min read

At least 20 people both in prison and on the outside are now on hunger strike in Azerbaijan in protest against political prosecutions in the country, local activists say. Nine people being held in Azerbaijani prisons joined announced they had joined the strike on 14 January, informing their families in a joint letter sent from prison. They have been joined outside prison by opposition politicians, activists, and journalists, including investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova. The hun

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani blogger’s hunger strike enters 13th day

by Gulnur Kazimova

•3 min read

A hunger strike by imprisoned anti-corruption blogger Mehman Huseynov has entered it’s 13th day in Azerbaijan. Huseynov began his strike on 26 December after new charges of injuring a prison officer were brought against him. The blogger, who was due to be released in two months, insisted the accusation was a lie and began a hunger strike. Huseynov was sentenced to two years in prison in March 2017 for libelling the police after claiming three months earlier that officers had beaten him