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The head of the Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli (lower right corner), addresses supporters (Facebook; Ali Karimli)

Azerbaijan's leading opposition parties face threat of dissolution

Three major opposition parties have been denied registration by the state despite their efforts to comply with a draconian new law.
Aug 1, 2023
President Ilham Aliyev addresses his ruling New Azerbaijan Party in late 2022 on the 30th anniversary of its foundation. In the 2023 Freedom of the World report, Azerbaijan ranked among the “worst of the worst” states in the areas of political rights and civil liberties. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan: The veneer of democracy is peeling off Baku’s authoritarian political structure

Extended parliamentary vacancies mean 380,000 citizens have no representation.
May 11, 2023
The Liberal Democratic Party is among those that disbanded in the last two months (Libdemaz.blogspot.com)

Azerbaijani political parties dissolved amid restrictive law

Fifteen parties - all pro-government - decided to disband in the last two months.
Apr 26, 2023
Aghali village in Zangilan

Azerbaijan starts post-war resettlement in Karabakh

The first 10 families moved this week into a designated “smart village” in territory Azerbaijan retook during the 2020 war with Armenia.
Heydar Isayev Jul 20, 2022
Azerbaijan police

Azerbaijani government adopts still harsher tactics against opposition

Police have been acting more forcefully following victory in last year’s war with Armenia.
Heydar Isayev Dec 16, 2021
Doctor Baku

Azerbaijan’s anti-vaxxers remain on the fringe

Compared to its neighbors, anti-vaccine sentiment hasn’t really taken hold in Azerbaijan. Some are still trying, though.
Heydar Isayev Dec 6, 2021
Ali Insanov

Azerbaijan cultivates one-way political “dialogue”

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.”
Heydar Isayev Nov 12, 2021
Aliyev showing his scalps (photos from president.az)

Perspectives | Azerbaijan’s authoritarianism and Baku’s “Military Trophies Park”

The new park reflects the logic that dominates Azerbaijan’s system: enemies, internal and external, must be destroyed.
Bahruz Samadov Apr 16, 2021
Azerbaijan and Turkey: On the march? (president.az)

Perspectives | In Azerbaijan, Turkish leader has eyes on Iran

Turkey’s president appears to be positioning himself as a protector of all Turks, including Azerbaijani Turks in Iran.
Eldar Mamedov Dec 14, 2020
Huseynov

Police bus protesters to remote interior of Azerbaijan and leave them

The novel technique suggests that the government was struggling to manage the fallout from the disappointing results of the previous weekend's elections.
Joshua Kucera Feb 17, 2020
President Ilham Aliyev votes in February 9 parliamentary elections. (photo: president.az)

In Azerbaijan, surprise elections yield usual results

When the snap parliamentary elections were called two months ago, many expected them to bring in some sort of change. But the results are more of the same.
Joshua Kucera Feb 10, 2020
İlgar Mammadov

Released from prison, Azerbaijani opposition leader girds for political fight

Ilgar Mammadov says that following Armenia's political transition, middle-class Azerbaijanis feel “inferior.” He aims to change that.
Joshua Kucera Sep 28, 2018

Azerbaijanis dance to support their kin in Iran

The social media campaign spread from ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran to the country of Azerbaijan.
Lamiya Adilgizi Sep 6, 2018
Merkel and Azerbaijani civil society

Merkel visit with Azerbaijani civil society sparks controversy – among civil society

Her treatment of human rights, and how to balance them with Europe's interest in Azerbaijani energy, were closely scrutinized during the visit.
Lamiya Adilgizi, Joshua Kucera Aug 28, 2018
Mammadov

Azerbaijani opposition leader Ilgar Mammadov freed

The release comes a week ahead of a planned visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Baku; Europe has been critical of Mammadov's detention.
Lamiya Adilgizi Aug 13, 2018

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