Azerbaijan

March 21, 2026 09:24

• Human rights activists demand the release of journalist Mammadli

  The Committee to Protect Journalists deemed Ahmed Mammadli's conviction to be the result of a fabricated case and demanded his release and an end to the persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan. The defense intends to appeal Mammadli's sentence.

March 20, 2026 20:40

• Azerbaijan is ready to expand energy cooperation with the EU amid the war in Iran.

  Azerbaijan's ability to rapidly increase gas production and exports is limited by the capacity of existing fields and the Southern Gas Corridor, but in the coming years, the European Union can ensure its energy sustainability by participating in Azerbaijani projects, including green energy projects.

March 20, 2026 15:54

• Military action in Iran has affected Azerbaijani residents' plans for Novruz.

  Azerbaijan has declared 11 days off in connection with the spring holiday of Nowruz and the end of the month of Ramadan. The war in the Middle East has impacted residents' weekend plans and the country's tourism sector.

March 20, 2026 10:54

• More than 2,800 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

  Since February 28, 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. A total of 2,853 people have been allowed to cross the border between Iran and Azerbaijan.

March 20, 2026 05:59

• Two brothers arrested in Stavropol for using slave labor

  A court in the Kochubeevsky district of Stavropol has arrested two brothers accused of forcing a young man into slave labor for a year and a half. The victim's video statement was published by the "Russian Community" organization.

March 20, 2026 01:08

• Human rights activists from various countries have called for an end to the persecution of Georgia's former ombudsman.

  Twenty human rights organizations from 13 countries, including Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, called on the Georgian Dream party to stop pressuring former ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili, who was summoned to the State Security Service after meeting with an expert from the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.

March 18, 2026 23:51

• Yagublu's relatives claimed his rights were violated during his hunger strike.

  Opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike in a pretrial detention center for 24 days, is not receiving effective medical care and his rights are being violated, his daughter Nigar Hazi stated.

March 18, 2026 13:59

• The detention period of Azerbaijani lawyer Gahramanov has been extended.

  A Baku court extended the pretrial detention of lawyer Zabil Gahramanov by two months. The defense disagrees with this decision and intends to appeal.

March 18, 2026 04:25

• A post about protecting Karabakh's Armenian heritage sparked a thousand-comment discussion.

  Over a thousand comments were left by Facebook* users under a "Caucasian Knot" post about historians' calls to preserve Karabakh's Armenian heritage. The discussion escalated into mutual accusations of vandalism at various points in the region's history and the need for appeals to the international community.

March 17, 2026 10:12

• Witness testimony strengthened the case of human rights activist Safarov's innocence.

  Prosecution witnesses in the case of human rights activist Rufat Safarov did not confirm the investigation's version of events in court. The defendant himself insists that the case was fabricated at the behest of the Azerbaijani authorities.

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