News
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Date: 1 July 2020Minsk group concerned over provocative statementsYerevan escalated tensions with Baku in late May.
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Date: 30 June 2020LGBTQ+ rights activists hold online pride parade in BakuMore than 250 people reportedly joined the online march.
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Date: 29 June 2020Baku set to purchase Turkish unmanned combat dronesThe drone can also be used for reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering missions.
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Date: 25 June 2020Supreme Court upholds fine for journalist who documented voter fraudFinding Vagifgizi guilty, the court ruled on 22 June that the journalist had to pay a fine.
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Date: 22 June 2020Azerbaijan's weekend lockdown failed to decrease infection rate"I regret to say that we were not able to achieve the desired goal over the last two weekend lockdowns."
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Date: 4 June 2020Diagonosed with cancer, Mehman Huseynov vows to continue with activismHuseynov is currently getting receiving medical treatment in a hospital in Switzerland.
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Date: 18 May 2020Television editor-in-chief arrested in AzerbaijanAfgan Sadigov, editor-in-chief of the local Azel TV, was detained on 13 May and has now been charged with extortion of a large amount of property by use of threat and intimidation.
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Date: 4 May 2020Nobody persecuted for political views in Azerbaijan, says AliyevAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that cardinal steps are being taken to build up political ties on fairly safe ground and that no one should be persecuted for their political views.
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Date: 23 April 2020ReAl Party's Mammadov and Jafarov acquitted of criminal chargesTheir convictions by local courts, which were then upheld by higher courts, have been overturned.
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Date: 21 April 2020Azerbaijan drops to 168th in 2020 World Press Freedom IndexAzerbaijan's media situation has consistently been assessed as "very bad".