Ilham Aliyev at the Board of Peace and beating of protesters

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The inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace took place on February 19 at the U.S. Institute of Peace, drawing more than 20 heads of state, including Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Established last month at an official ceremony in Davos, the council counts 26 founding member countries, Azerbaijan among them. Trump highlighted that several nations, including Azerbaijan, have pledged over $7 billion for the restoration of the region, with the United States contributing an additional $10 billion.

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People Who Attacked Emin Huseynov Exposed

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At places like the Munich Security Conference, leaders act polite, but there’s often hidden intimidation. The government of Azerbaijan sees these meetings as places to threaten people using coded language, like a mafia. The incident with human rights advocate Emin Huseynov and Azerbaijani leaders Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva shows how diplomacy can be twisted into something criminal.

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CPJ Condemns Azerbaijani Authorities’ Harassment of Journalists in Exile

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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Azerbaijani authorities to stop harassing journalists in exile after a court on January 14 sentenced U.S.-based journalist Sevinc Osmangizi to eight years in prison in absentia on charges of inciting mass riots and attempting to overthrow the state. This decision, as noted in the CPJ statement, follows a seven-year prison sentence handed down on December 23, 2025, by an Azerbaijani court to France-based journalist Ganimat Zahid on charges of calling for the state’s overthrow.

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