The Musavat Party

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Azerbaijani opposition member allegedly murdered by colleague

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

A member of Azerbaijan’s Musavat opposition party has been killed in Baku, with a coworker accused of his murder. Natig Mehdi was reported missing by his nephew on 9 May, and information regarding his death was made public by the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor’s Office on 14 May. Mehdi was buried two days later. According to the Prosecutor General’s statement, a colleague of Mehdi’s, Elsevar Islamov, is accused of his murder. The Musavat party member worked as a security guard at a school

President Ilham Aliyev casting his vote during the 2018 presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Image via president.az

2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections

Azerbaijan’s main opposition parties boycott the presidential elections

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Azerbaijan’s largest opposition parties have vowed to boycott February’s presidential elections, citing repression and the lack of a democratic environment in the country. On Saturday, the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party announced they would not take part in the snap elections scheduled for February, citing Azerbaijan’s ‘current atmosphere of repression, mass arrests, and fear’. ‘The extraordinary election scheduled by [President] Ilham Aliyev for 7 February 2024 will not be an actual electi

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Imprisoned Azerbaijani opposition leader on ‘hunger strike until death’

by Gulnur Kazimova

•4 min read

A prominent member of the opposition Musavat Party, Tofig Yagublu, has said he will remain on hunger strike until his death unless the authorities release him from prison. On Thursday, the Nizami District Court in Baku sentenced Yagublu to four years and three months in prison on charges of hooliganism. His daughter, Nigar Hazi, told OC Media that her father’s life was at risk. ‘My father has serious health problems. Most importantly, he suffers from asthma. We don’t know how long he will

Rafig Manafli was forced to step down from the National Council's coordination council after footage of him stating that he regretted that Adolf Hitler ‘did not exterminate the gays in 1941-1945’ leaked online.

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Leaked Zoom meetings reveal homophobia and discord among Azerbaijan’s opposition

by OC Media

•5 min read

Leaked videos from online meetings of Azerbaijan’s opposition National Council of Democratic Forces appear to show homophobic attitudes and a hostility to other opposition parties within the block’s top ranks. On 13 May, two videos from an online video conference on the Zoom application held a day before were leaked online. Two other videos from a meeting on 5 May in which Ali Karimli, the leader of the opposition Popular Front Party was present, were leaked on 17 May. One video showed lea

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Azerbaijan arrests opposition activists during Covid-19 outbreak

by OC Media

•4 min read

After Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev delivered a speech in which he threatened opposition forces with a ‘purge’, there were several arrests of prominent opposition members. In the speech, delivered on 19 March, Aliyev called any opposition that did not want to enter ‘into dialogue’ with the authorities ‘traitors and corrupt representatives of a fifth column’, Three days later, on 22 March, Tofig Yagublu, an opposition politician from the Musavat Party, wrote on Facebook that he had been

A police officer stands near a bus with protesters inside. Photo: Nurlan Gakhramanli

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Azerbaijani police strand Baku protesters around the country

by OC Media

•7 min read

Dozens of people protesting the results of 9 February’s parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan including opposition leaders and candidates were detained on Sunday and left by police throughout the country. Police detained protesters in Baku taking them by bus and leaving them up to 300 kilometres away. The rally in front of the Central Election Committee (CEC) was announced by the opposition Real and Musavat parties, the D18 Movement, and two independent candidates. The Baku City Administr

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Azerbaijani opposition candidates ‘prevented from registering for elections’

by OC Media

•5 min read

Several opposition and independent candidates have claimed to have been prevented from registering for 9 February’s snap parliamentary elections. Other opposition figures have reported facing pressure from the authorities to withdraw. Ilgar Mammadov, the leader of the Republican Alternative Party (ReAl), reported on 2 January that several candidates from their ‘Real Republicans’ bloc were facing pressure from the government to withdraw. ‘We know why these threats are being made. The numb