Karabakh is one of the world’s least-discussed and most intractable quarrels….Russia is opportunistically in the middle. Moscow says it wants to broker a lasting peace deal, but it has also been arming both sides. The United States also hopes to prevent a wider conflict but has little diplomatic leverage.
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Karabakh: A Renewed Conflict in the Caucausas
Posted April 27th, 2016 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Oil Dictator Dominos
Posted February 8th, 2016 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Central Asia’s oil-producing dictatorships, including Azerbaijan, have been among the countries hardest hit by the drop in prices – especially because, as ex-Soviet states, they remain heavily dependent on trade with Russia, another oil producer.
“We Are Appalled…”
Posted September 4th, 2015 at 12:57 pm (UTC-5)
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Another blow to press freedom was leveled this week when Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by a court in Baku. She was found guilty of criminal libel, tax evasion, illegal business activity and abuse of power. Most observers say she was guilty of doing her job. Ismayilova’s reporting for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty exposed corruption by Azerbaijani Presidennt Ilham Aliyev and his family. Jeff Shell, chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees RFERL and Voice of America, denounced the Azerbaijani government for demonstrating “to the international community that it disdains press freedom, supports its own impunity and has little regard for human rights.” The State Department said it was “deeply troubled” by the sentencing and urged Azerbaijan to release Ismayilova and other incarcerated journalists.
Azerbaijan’s Injustice
Posted August 17th, 2015 at 9:44 am (UTC-5)
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, who in the last year and a half has turned with a vengeance against journalists, lawyers and human rights activists, has jailed about 100 people on trumped-up charges. One by one, he is now throwing away the keys, hoping to silence them forever.
Letter from Azerbaijani Jail: Khadija Ismayilova Speaks Out
Posted June 12th, 2015 at 9:21 am (UTC-5)
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The eyes of the world are on my country, my beloved Azerbaijan, as it hosts the inaugural European Games, beginning on Friday … But I will not see the games … I am sitting in my cell in the Kurdakhani prison — my home for the past six months.
Azerbaijan Imprisoned Me. Pharrell Williams and Others Should Stop Helping My Jailers
This weekend, the Formula 1 European Grand Prix will run through the beautiful streets of Old Baku…Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias were slated to entertain race fans, helping to promote the ruling Aliyev family’s projection of my country as a happy, normal nation. But Azerbaijan is a country that runs on corruption.