IWPR Journalist Shortlisted for Prize
Region: AzerbaijanAzerbaijani reporter hailed for courage in highlighting human rights issues despite repeated threats. By IWPR team in Azerbaijan IWPR reporter Idrak Abbasov has been shortlisted for a prestigious prize for his work as a journalist in Azerbaijan. The journalist was nominated in the Index on Censorship 2012 awards for his bravery in reporting on human rights in the face of intimidation. Index... more
Views: 828History Lessons in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Region: AzerbaijanWritten by Hayhuki Barseghyan, In each country, school textbooks teach one version of history that sustains animosity towards the other. Schoolchildren in Armenia and Azerbaijan are too young to remember the Nagorny Karabakh conflict which created so much hostility between their countries. But their school textbooks feed them an unbalanced view of history that some experts believe will only harden attitudes... more
Views: 1576Azeri Oil Wealth Doesn't Spread to Workers
Region: Azerbaijan
Many families still live in cramped conditions in hostel accommodation. By Nancy Talibova - “Everyone says that since we’re oil workers, everything must be great for us, but that isn’t how it is,” Naiba Mehdiyeva said. Mehdiyeva’s husband is an Azerbaijani oilman, part of an industry that generates massive revenues for this small state. But those at the sharp end of getti... more
Views: 1225Crackdown on Islamists in Azerbaijan
Region: Azerbaijan
Detentions come after Muslim party leader compared president with villain. Several Islamic activists have been arrested in Azerbaijan after a leading figure compared President Ilham Aliyev to one of the most hated figures in Shia history. Movsum Samadov, head of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, was arrested on January 7, along with his deputy Vaqif Abdullayev, his driver Mirhuseyn Kazimov and party acti... more
Views: 1575Nintendo Company - The Return of Game Revolutionist Goes Back
Region: AzerbaijanThe secret of Nintendo`s one-century experience and survival from a narrow escape is to consolidate old technologies to meet the simple requirements of players` pursuit of fun. The Nintendo take games to each family as it's unique mission.And now it market valve had went to 790 hundreds million dollars and became the second biggest company that behined Toyota, The revenue of Nintendo reached 3.9 billion U... more
Views: 767Azerbaijan: Bloggers speak about Baku youth protest, detentions
Region: Azerbaijan
Following a terrifying shooting spree at a Baku university which left 13 dead, students took to the streets to demand that a national day of mourning be declared in Azerbaijan. With the request falling on deaf ears, several youth activists, among them some bloggers, planned to protest the inaction, and specifically a festive holiday of flowers scheduled for 10 May. Jessica P. Hayden is off the map sets the scene. A... more
Views: 1154Massacre Sparks Terror Fears in Azerbaijan
Region: AzerbaijanUnexplained shooting of 13 people in Baku feeds speculation about foreign ”terrorist” plots aimed at undermining stability. By Boyukaga Agayev in Baku (CRS No. 492, 8-May-09) A multiple shooting at the state oil academy in Baku has caused shockwaves in Azerbaijan, prompting student protests and fuelling speculation about possible extremist motives. The assassin, an ethnic Azeri citizen of Georgia nam... more
Views: 902Azerbaijan: Alarm Over Reporter’s Beating
Region: Azerbaijan
Police say that journalists’ rights advocate inflicted injuries on himself. By Idrak Abbasov in Baku International organisations have expressed alarm after a leading Azerbaijan journalists’ rights advocate was badly beaten in police custody. Emin Husseinov, director of the Institute for Reporter Freedom and Safety, is still in hospital five days after the incident. Now out of intensive care where he spen... more
Views: 1152Azerbaijan: Hailstorms Add to Karabakh’s Woes
Region: AzerbaijanString of natural calamities poses major challenge for cash-strapped government. By Ashot Beglarian in Stepanakert Devastating hailstorms are the latest in a series of acts of nature that have tested the ability of Nagorny Karabakh’s government to provide an adequate response. The heavy hail which fell for a week throughout the region caused serious damage, especially in the Shaumian region. Melons and oth... more
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