4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (777+ words) Former Georgian prosecutor general Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says that before forming his own unit to take part in the war against Ukraine, he served for nine months in Russia’s Arbat volunteer corps. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported his statement. In…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1293+ words) Persecution of Talysh activists in Azerbaijan Talysh activists and researchers in Azerbaijan have over the years received lengthy prison sentences on charges of high treason, separatism and inciting ethnic hatred. Two of them, Novruzali Mammadov and Fakhraddin Abbasov, died while…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (768+ words) Opposition politicians in Armenia and some local media reported that the new Constitution had been published on Sahmanadrutyun․com. Artashes Ikonomov, co-founder of the Njhar constitutional movement, reported it on social media and described it as his “sensational discovery”. However,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1110+ words) Council of Europe on FARA According to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty has intervened as a third party in a case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concerning…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1221+ words) The US made Armenia’s access to advanced Nvidia processors one of the economic incentives offered during the peace talks. The project is already under way in Yerevan. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, received a strategic partnership document from Washington, the suspension of Section…...

1+ week, 31+ min ago   (616+ words) Azerbaijani civic activist Ramazan Tagiyev, who lives in France, says he continues to receive threats over posts criticising the authorities on social media. He says the latest messages have also targeted his father, who lives in Baku. Tagiyev says that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1009+ words) Trials of Armenian prisoners in Baku “The lives of all Armenians held in Baku are in danger. They may even express views that are contrary to their own will,” Siranush Sahakyan, who represents the interests of Armenian prisoners at the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1120+ words) A new state programme, approved by a decree from President Ilham Aliyev, sets out plans to develop the tourism sector in the coming years, attract more foreign visitors and expand tourism beyond Baku. The programme comes into force as the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (458+ words) The Yasamal District Court in Baku has sentenced two people arrested by the State Security Service, B.H.R. and I.R.F., and ordered the confiscation by the state of virtual assets identified as the proceeds or subject of the crime. The defendants were found…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (593+ words) Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Uzbekistan The state visit to Tashkent was presented by official media as a “new, symbolic and practical stage” in relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a one-on-one meeting, chaired the…...