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Opinion | Ilham Aliyev’s anti-Europe speech foreshadows big changes in Azerbaijan

6 December 2019 by Bahruz Samadov

Bahruz Samadov is an activist at the Azerbaijani Nida Civil Movement and a PhD candidate at Charles University in Prague.

A recent speech by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shows a shift towards a new anti-European conservatism and an attempt to cultivate a new base amongst Azerbaijani youth against the background of dwindling popular support and an ideological vacuum. [Read more…]

Mass hunger strikes in Azerbaijan against ‘political prosecutions’

15 January 2019 by Gulnur Kazimova

Members of the opposition Musavat party on hunger strike (Khadija Ismayilova / Facebook)

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. [Read more…]