Azerbaijan

December 18, 2025 16:16

• An Azerbaijani opposition party activist has been arrested for 30 days.

  Murad Sultanli, Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been placed under administrative arrest for 30 days. His associates believe the charges against him are fabricated.

December 18, 2025 13:30

• The prosecution requested a life sentence for Vardanyan

  At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.

December 18, 2025 08:49

• Scientists and human rights activists have called for the release of Bakhruz Samedov

  The international academic network Scholars at Risk has appealed to the Azerbaijani government to release researcher Bahruz Samedov. The petition was also supported by the human rights organization Amnesty International and the Norwegian Foundation for International Aid to Students and Scholars.

December 17, 2025 19:54

• Armenia rejects Moscow and Tehran's claims regarding the "Trump Route"

  There are no ongoing discussions regarding Russia's participation in the TRIPP project. Official Yerevan also stated that it is taking into account the interests of neighboring countries, such as Iran, in implementing the "Trump Route."

December 17, 2025 18:27

• A Turkish court has rejected Hajibeyli's appeal against his detention in a deportation center

  The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.

December 17, 2025 14:47

• The UN Special Rapporteur called for the release of Azerbaijani human rights activist Mammadli

  UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly Gina Romero has contacted Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev regarding the case of Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli.

December 17, 2025 09:55

• 57 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone

  More than 230 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to Lachin, Hadrut, and two other settlements today.

December 16, 2025 19:25

• Former Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan is wanted

  Former First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Abbas Abbasov has been placed on the wanted list in connection with the criminal case against Ramiz Mehdiyev and other individuals accused of attempting to seize state power.

December 16, 2025 09:49

• Alesker Mammadli remains in custody despite the need for treatment

  A Baku court has refused to ease the pretrial detention of Toplum TV founder Alesker Mammadli, who is in need of surgery.

December 16, 2025 05:55

• Turkish authorities have decided to deport Gultekin Hacibeyli

  Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the Coordination Center of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, received an official decision on her deportation from Turkey for five years.

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