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For the most part, pro-government forces did not sympathize with the protests, but they also didn’t like the idea of Russia and Armenia getting involved in suppressing them.

A official working group has been created with the promise of a fair investigation into the “Tartar case,” as Baku signals that it intends to take the allegations of wide-scale torture more seriously.

Police have been acting more forcefully following victory in last year’s war with Armenia.

The new media law would impose many new regulations on the country’s already heavily controlled media.

Compared to its neighbors, anti-vaccine sentiment hasn’t really taken hold in Azerbaijan. Some are still trying, though.

Government critics immediately began speculating about a foreign plot, which authorities have ruled out.

The government is again registering new political parties and saying it wants pluralism. But the parties who are cooperating are being mocked as “bus opposition.”

Inflation continues to rise in Azerbaijan, and the government is again promising to increase salaries and pensions.

The government is heavily publicizing the concept, which could increase the economic efficiency of rural communities but also place them under greater central control.

The government had been silent since the investigation into massive corruption was released. Now Ilham Aliyev says “some forces in the West” are behind it.

A new development plan envisages thousands of Azerbaijanis moving back to the city. But what will they do there?

Both sides are engaging in tit-for-tat retaliations, and Azerbaijanis are fighting back in the face of Iranian rhetorical aggression.

Iran has criticized Azerbaijan’s detentions of Iranian drivers supplying Armenia. Baku has been quieter.

Nearly 7,000 were killed in the 44 days of fighting.

Those whose homes were destroyed in last year’s war were promised compensation from the government to rebuild. Many are still waiting.

The Azerbaijani government has been undertaking a campaign against corrupt officials for nearly two years now, but in a series of recent hearings the accused say they have been set up.

The move appears to be part of a steadily increasing effort by Baku to exert control over the road in southern Armenia that passes through pockets of Azerbaijan-controlled territory.

Ground was broken for the Fuzuli airport only in January, and it now has hosted its first passenger and cargo flights. But some wonder if the government’s enthusiasm for airports isn’t excessive.

Both societies quickly moved to help soldiers and civilians suffering with post-traumatic stress, but there are too few specialists in the region to adequately address all the needs.

Baku has been increasingly airing public criticisms of Moscow over the post-war order, which have been exacerbated by the lack of a formal mandate for the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh.

The announcement of paid tours to the region upset many of those violently displaced from the region in the 1990s, who expect to go back to live - not as tourists.

Azerbaijan’s feminist movement is small, but it has received an outsized public backlash for a campaign calling attention to the state’s responsibility to prevent domestic violence.

Even the topic of stray dogs appears too sensitive for the authorities.

Sports commentators are questioning the wisdom of hiring foreign players to compete for the Azerbaijani flag.

Despite ambitions for Karabakh reconstruction, the government's overall construction budget has barely budged.