At a debate held before Azerbaijan's February 7 presidential election, the viewer could be forgiven for not being sure who was supporting the incumbent and who represented the opposition. "President ...

In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host country’s record on human rights. “Considering that our economy is completely relying on oil and ...

As we broadcast this week from the U.N. climate talks in Baku, human rights groups have warned of Azerbaijan’s escalating crackdown on civil society groups, government critics and the press. Since the ...

Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan's snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year. Previous elections ...

Over this past summer, authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two young scholars, accusing them of treason. Igbal Abilov and Bahruz Samadov were both accused of treason and sentenced to months in ...

A year ago, Azerbaijan attacked and took control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region — a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan — displacing more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians in a violent ...

"Hundreds of people are behind bars in the country on politically motivated charges. A new wave of detentions is currently underway, with dozens of activists and media figures arrested on baseless, ...

As Azerbaijan prepares to host this month's global climate summit, it is getting plenty of the attention it has sought. But as often happens when this oil-rich, authoritarian state is home to a ...

Azerbaijan has rejected reports that Israeli troops and Mossad personnel operated from its territory during the recent Iran ...

A wave of arrests in Azerbaijan that initially targeted independent journalists has now come for one of the country's most prominent opposition activists. On December 14, Tofig Yagublu was arrested ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — A former New York City mayoral aide, whose home was raided by federal agents last fall, visited Azerbaijan with another ...