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The 18th sanctions package adopted by the European Union in July bans the import of petroleum products produced from Russian crude oil into the EU market, including refining in third countries. These restrictions also apply to the Turkish SOCAR STAR refinery and Azerbaijani tankers.
Read more “Putin’s Oil and the SOCAR Plant: EU Sanctions Affect Azerbaijan”
The European Court of Human Rights has issued another ruling against the Government of Azerbaijan.
Read more “European Court rules in favor of Azerbaijani journalist Ramin Deko”
New data published by the Our World in Data platform reflects the complex historical trajectory of the democracy index in Azerbaijan over the past two centuries.
Read more “Democracy index in Azerbaijan: Historical fluctuations and the current situation”
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern over death threats made against Farid Ismayilov, a detained employee of Toplum TV.
Read more “Committee to Protect Journalists expresses concern over threats against Farid Ismayilov”
PanARMENIAN.Net – In his address to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, reacting to statements by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, said that the phrase “Zangezur corridor” is perceived as a territorial claim on Armenia.
Read more “Pashinyan at UN: “Zangezur corridor” is seen as territorial claim”
Amid the ongoing crackdown on independent media in Azerbaijan, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Azerbaijani media outlets operating in exile Free Voices Collective, Meydan TV, Toplum TV and Qazetci have launched a postcard campaign titled “Flood them with fans” to support imprisoned journalist Sevinc Vagifgizi.
Read more ““Flood them with fans!” A new support campaign from independent media”
The imprisoned director of AbzasMedia, Ulvi Hasanli, has been included in the list of nominees for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Read more “Imprisoned director of AbzasMedia nominated for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize”
The preliminary investigation into the criminal case involving several more political refugees living abroad – Gurban Mammadov, Tural Sadigli, and Orkhan Aghayev – has been completed.
Read more “Political Refugee: “How Can I Organize a Coup in Azerbaijan While Living in Germany?””
Reacting to the sentencing to lengthy prison terms of seven media workers in the “Abzas Media case” in Azerbaijan, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said:
Read more “Seven journalists sentenced in latest shocking crackdown on free speech”
The resolution of humanitarian issues, such as the return of Armenian prisoners of war from Azerbaijan, could become a precondition for signing a peace document in the event of Yerevan’s constructive approach to negotiations with Baku. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Sputnik Armenia by the representative of Armenian prisoners of war in the European Court of Human Rights, lawyer Siranush Sahakyan.
Read more “Who can help with the return of captured Armenians from Baku”