Azerbaijan

February 01, 2026 15:58

• Another train carrying Russian grain was sent via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

  Twenty-five railcars carrying Russian grain transited Azerbaijan to Armenia. A total of 285 railcars carrying 19,900 tons of grain have already been sent from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

February 01, 2026 00:12

• Azerbaijan expressed support for Iran amid threats from the United States.

  Amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, negotiations are underway between the authorities of Azerbaijan and Iran. Baku has declared its refusal to use its territory to attack its neighbor, while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed his readiness to help ease tensions.

January 31, 2026 19:17

• A member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan was arrested in Baku.

  Anar Huseynov, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been sentenced to 30 days in administrative detention on charges of disobeying police and petty hooliganism. The party believes the case against Huseynov is fabricated and politically motivated.

January 31, 2026 13:28

• The details of the victim's biography alarmed Zeynalov's fellow party members.

  At a court hearing in Baku, it was revealed that Anar Rahimov, the man Kenan Zeynalov is accused of assaulting, had been cleared of fraud charges shortly before the incident. Zeynalov's fellow party members suggested that this was a condition for Rahimov's participation in a provocation against the opposition leader.

January 31, 2026 05:35

• Ten Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Hasanriz.

  Fifty-two internally displaced persons have returned to the village of Gasanriz in the Agdere region of Azerbaijan and have been given keys to their own homes.

January 30, 2026 05:36

• 26 Azerbaijani families have returned to the village of Mammadbeyli.

  Members of 26 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict have returned to the village of Mamedbeyli in the Zangilan district. They have been given keys to new homes.

January 29, 2026 11:20

• A journalist arrested in the Meydan TV case has been released from pretrial detention to attend his mother's funeral.

  Journalist Shamshad Aga, arrested in the Meydan TV case, has been granted short-term leave to attend his mother's funeral.

January 29, 2026 09:31

• Human rights activists considered Gahramanov’s arrest a measure to intimidate Azerbaijani lawyers.

  The International Observatory for the Protection of Lawyers has demanded the release of Zabil Gahramanov, who was arrested in Azerbaijan.

January 28, 2026 16:04

• The condition of the Meydan TV case suspect on hunger strike in pretrial detention has worsened.

  Journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, who is on a hunger strike, reported that his blood pressure had risen. Only after Gahramanli's lack of assistance became public did prison doctors come to him.

January 28, 2026 08:15

• 20 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu

  Today, members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.

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