Azerbaijan

February 22, 2026 08:47

• A trade union activist faces a ban on leaving Azerbaijan.

  Baku police detained trade union activist Sara Rahimova and issued her a travel ban, citing her status as a suspect in a criminal case. After her release, Rahimova linked the criminal prosecution to her civic activism.

February 22, 2026 04:47

• 70 Azerbaijani families returned to Khojavend

  The first group of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict returned to the city of Khojavend and the village of the same name; 70 families received keys to their homes.

February 21, 2026 13:56

• Defendants in the Meydan TV case accused judges of bias.

  Journalists arrested in Baku in the Meydan TV case accused the judges of bias, ignoring complaints of human rights violations against the defendants. Their lawyers challenged the court's composition, but their request was not considered.

February 20, 2026 13:00

• Washington protesters reported the use of force by Aliyev's security forces.

  At least four people, including the son of opposition leader Tofig Yagublu, were injured when security forces for the Azerbaijani president dispersed a protest in Washington demanding the release of political prisoners.

February 20, 2026 05:38

• 38 Azerbaijani families have returned to the village of Khanabad in the Khojaly region.

  The first group of 154 Azerbaijani displaced persons, who left during the Karabakh conflict, returned to the village of Khanabad in the Khojaly region.

February 19, 2026 10:06

• The ECHR found the former Azerbaijani minister to be in violation.

  The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint of former Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Nijat Guliyev and ordered him to pay 4,000 euros in compensation.

February 19, 2026 09:08

• Arrested Meydan TV employees complain of violence in pretrial detention.

  Meydan TV journalists Aytaj Tapdyg, Aysel Umudova and Khayala Agayeva complained about the use of violence against them due to the publicity of the fact of the protocol about their violation of order in the courtroom and the refusal of the accused to testify.

February 18, 2026 11:59

• The ECHR found a violation of the rights of Azerbaijani human rights activist Safarov.

  The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Azerbaijani authorities to pay €4,000 to human rights activist Rufat Safarov for violating his right to a fair trial in 2016.

February 18, 2026 09:01

• Security forces considered the protest of Meydan TV journalists in the courtroom a violation.

  At a court hearing in Baku, journalists accused in the Meydan TV case protested against having their microphones turned off and being barred from their lawyers. Law enforcement officials issued a report for disturbing the peace.

February 17, 2026 21:53

• The prosecution has requested long sentences for members of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals.

  The state prosecutor has requested a 23-year prison sentence for Shahin Shykhlinski, the former head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, on charges of murder and attempted murder. For the other defendants, the prosecutor has requested sentences ranging from 13 to 23 years.

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