Independent Azerbaijani journalist and lawyer arrested
Journalist Avaz Zeynalli and lawyer Elchin Sadigov were arrested on respective charges of accepting and facilitating bribery.
Azerbaijani colonel’s sex tapes latest in culture of sexual intimidation
Videos filmed by a senior Azerbaijani official in which he has sex with female colleagues on ministry property have been circulated online.
Ilham Aliyev looks West
The deepening of Azerbaijan’s relationship with the West is another consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lachin residents given 20 days to leave homes ahead of Azerbaijan handover
Residents of Lachin and Aghavno blocked the road to protest their impending displacement.
Deadly clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh
At least three soldiers are dead with Azerbaijan reportedly employing drones to strike positions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Murderer of queer Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to 9 years
Avaz Hafizli was murdered by his cousin in Baku on 22 February due to his sexual orientation.
Headteacher and local official accused of beating up pupil in Lankaran
A criminal investigation has been launched in the southern Azerbaijani city after the alleged attack on the ninth-grade shcoolgirl.
First Azerbaijani IDPs return after 29 years in exile
Forty-one families from the village of Aghali have become the first Azerbaijanis displaced during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War to return to their hometowns.
Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet in Tbilisi
The meeting was the first bilateral meeting of its kind since the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Man who threatened to behead queer people arrested in Azerbaijan
Roman Mammadov, 39, posted a video on TikTok from the Baku Metro in which he said he would kill any ‘female-looking’ men he saw.