Azerbaijan

April 06, 2026 12:57

• UN special rapporteurs have spoken out in defense of arrested journalist Ulviyah Ali.

  Three UN special rapporteurs have warned of possible human rights violations against journalist Ulviyya Ali and demanded clarification from Azerbaijani authorities regarding her criminal prosecution and conditions of imprisonment.

April 06, 2026 07:59

• A villager died in a mudslide in Azerbaijan.

  Faig Rasulov, a resident of the Azerbaijani village of Gunduzgala, died as a result of a mudslide. Fifty-eight people were evacuated from the flooded area in the Baku village of Keshlya.

April 05, 2026 21:54

• Protesters outside the Georgian parliament condemned the deportation of Afgan Sadygov.

  "Solidarity with Afghanistan" was the slogan of today's protest outside the Georgian parliament. Participants in the 494th day of daily protests, which included the Azerbaijani journalist on several occasions, condemned his deportation from Georgia.

April 05, 2026 18:58

• Afgan Sadygov's future after deportation to Baku has worried human rights activists and his family.

  Georgian authorities handed Afgan Sadigov over to Azerbaijan's Migration Service. The journalist was informed that the criminal case against him had been dropped and he was released. Human rights activists and his wife fear that a new case may be brought against him.

April 05, 2026 15:58

• Nearly 3,300 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

  Almost 3,300 people were evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, including 572 Azerbaijani citizens, 354 Russians, and 19 Georgian citizens.

April 05, 2026 13:59

• An appeal to prevent the deportation of Afgan Sadygov has been sent to the ECHR.

  Security forces have found a formal way to circumvent the ECHR's ban on Afgan Sadygov's extradition from Georgia to Azerbaijan, human rights activists said, asking the ECHR to also prohibit the journalist's deportation.

April 05, 2026 10:00

• The decision to deport journalist Sadygov from Georgia has outraged human rights activists.

  A Tbilisi court ordered the deportation of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov to his home country. This decision conflicted with the ECHR's ban on Sadigov's extradition to Azerbaijan, human rights activists pointed out.

April 04, 2026 10:10

• Azerbaijan's third batch of humanitarian aid has been sent to Iran.

  Today, Azerbaijan dispatched 200 tons of food, medicine, and medical supplies to Iran. This shipment marks Azerbaijan's third humanitarian aid shipment since the outbreak of hostilities in the neighboring country.

April 04, 2026 00:53

• The amnesty in Azerbaijan affected less than a third of political prisoners.

  Over 18,000 people in Azerbaijan have been released from further prison terms as part of an amnesty. Human rights activists noted that the amnesty only affected those political prisoners whose sentences were already nearing completion.

April 03, 2026 18:07

• Azerbaijani opposition figure Taghiyev sentenced to lengthy prison term

  A Baku court sentenced Novruz Taghiyev, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, to six years in prison. He served as a volunteer bodyguard for the party's leader, Ali Karimli. Taghiyev denied the charges, claiming he was being pressured to testify against Karimli.

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