Azerbaijan Awards $36 Million Stadium Contract to Company Linked to President’s Family
While President Ilham Aliyev has publicly criticized corruption among state officials, the Ministry of Youth and Sports...
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Trial of Meydan TV Journalists Begins in Azerbaijan A Year After Arrests
Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders slammed the financial crimes charges as “blatantly fabricated” and demanded the...
Azerbaijan’s Former Presidential Chief of Staff Placed Under House Arrest
House arrest ordered for former Azerbaijani presidential chief of staff on treason, attempted coup, and money laundering...
EXCLUSIVE: Azerbaijani Ex-Autocrat's Son Buys Back Luxury Hotel Sold Amid Political Upheaval
Rza Talibov sold off assets in 2023 during a crackdown on his father’s oppressive administration in Nakhchivan, an...
Azerbaijan Jails Ex-Oil Executive for $32M Embezzlement
Ramin Isayev, former SOCAR AQS director, was sentenced for embezzlement, fraud and money laundering, with investigators...
Photojournalist Jailed as Azerbaijan Targets Independent Media
Azerbaijan intensifies its crackdown on independent media, jailing the 12th person in the Meydan TV case.
EXCLUSIVE: Azerbaijan Destroyed Armenian Drones With Belarusian Weapons, Leaked Report Says
The arms sales to Azerbaijan have heightened tension between Armenia and Belarus, which are supposed to be allies as part of...
EXCLUSIVE: U.K. Lawyer Fined Over Due Diligence Failures in Property Deal Linked to Family Members of Azerbaijani Official
A British solicitor was sanctioned for breaching anti-money laundering rules related to funds from the children of...
Jailed Azerbaijani Journalists Allege Abuse During Hunger Strike
Three female journalists from Azerbaijan’s Abzas Media say they are being mistreated in prison after launching a hunger...
Azerbaijan Hands Long Prison Sentences to 7 Journalists, Critics say Trial was a Sham
On Friday, an Azerbaijani court handed lengthy prison sentences to staff members of the independent outlet Abzas Media and a...
The Death of Journalism in Azerbaijan
A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian...
Former German MP Affirms Indictment Accusing Him of Taking Bribes from Azerbaijan
Eduard Lintner, a former parliamentarian with the CSU party, later said he didn’t think the payments he received were...