Azerbaijan

December 17, 2025 14:47

• The UN Special Rapporteur called for the release of Azerbaijani human rights activist Mammadli

  UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly Gina Romero has contacted Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev regarding the case of Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli.

December 17, 2025 09:55

• 57 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone

  More than 230 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to Lachin, Hadrut, and two other settlements today.

December 16, 2025 19:25

• Former Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan is wanted

  Former First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Abbas Abbasov has been placed on the wanted list in connection with the criminal case against Ramiz Mehdiyev and other individuals accused of attempting to seize state power.

December 16, 2025 09:49

• Alesker Mammadli remains in custody despite the need for treatment

  A Baku court has refused to ease the pretrial detention of Toplum TV founder Alesker Mammadli, who is in need of surgery.

December 16, 2025 05:55

• Turkish authorities have decided to deport Gultekin Hacibeyli

  Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the Coordination Center of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, received an official decision on her deportation from Turkey for five years.

December 15, 2025 18:43

• Azerbaijani activists praised the large-scale amnesty project

  The amnesty proposed by Ilham Aliyev to mark Azerbaijan's Year of Constitution and Sovereignty will affect approximately 20,000 people. Local activists welcomed the amnesty initiative, noting that it will not resolve the issue of political prisoners.

December 15, 2025 13:56

• An Azerbaijani court has remanded an opposition activist into custody

  The court remanded Vugar Gadirli, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, in pretrial detention for three months. He is accused of illegal possession of weapons. The party claimed that security forces planted the weapons on him during a search.

December 15, 2025 02:02

• The destruction of monasteries in Karabakh has raised doubts among Azerbaijani analysts

  Azerbaijani analysts have questioned the veracity of claims of vandalism at monasteries in Karabakh. They argue that Christian monuments in Azerbaijan are protected by the state.

December 13, 2025 11:04

• The court refused to drop the criminal prosecution of Meydan TV journalists

  At the first hearing in the Meydan TV case, a Baku court rejected the lawyers' requests to dismiss the criminal case and release the defendants. The Committee to Protect Journalists called for an end to the persecution of critics of the Azerbaijani government.

December 12, 2025 15:20

• Kenan Zeynalov called the criminal case fabricated

  Kenan Zeynalov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, denied the charges against him in court. He recounted the incident that led to his arrest, claiming it was a planned provocation.

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