Human Rights
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 07:35
We are also disturbed by allegations that Mirkadirov's arrest may be connected with his critical reporting about the Azerbaijani government or his participation in people-to-people (Track II) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 07:16
“The European Union and the United States should make it clear that they will not sit quietly as the Kazakh authorities muzzle what’s left of Kazakhstan’s independent and opposition media.”
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 06:21
Spokesperson Psaki addresses the upcoming elections and the possibility of new chemical weapons use in Syria, as well as the status of peace negotiations in the Middle East, and an airstrike against al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 12:26
Washington's remorse over standing by during the genocide 20 years ago is enabling repression today
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 11:22
The Prosecutor-General's Office said in a statement April 21 that Rauf Mirkadyrov "was recruited by the Armenian secret services in 2008 and supplied Yerevan with information on Azerbaijan's state secrets.”
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:07
Fardos Osman sat on the concrete floor of a crammed room in a sprawling stadium next to scores of other women, many hiding their faces. She said she had been at the stadium for four days. Her refugee document had expired, she said, and she feared that she would be sent back to war-torn Somalia.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 07:31
KUNA issued a statement on Sunday by the Information Ministry saying it notified Al Watan and Alam Al Yawm newspapers of the suspension because they had violated a prosecutor-ordered media blackout of the investigation.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 07:06
He told his own radio station, Europe 1 that they had spent "six whole months in basements without seeing daylight, and for two-and-a-half months we were chained to each other."
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 06:28
Human rights campaigners have sounded the alarm about proposed Brazilian anti-terrorism legislation that they fear will be used to crack down on legal protests during the World Cup
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 18:53
Emin Guseynov, who heads the Institute of War and Peace Reporting's Baku office, described him as "a well-known journalist with liberal views," who systematically criticizes human rights violations in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and elsewhere.