My personal blog, my thoughts.
In recent years, there have been no profound changes in the context of the media environment and the situation of journalists in Azerbaijan. The situation, the environment was already bad, and it remains so.
Read more “New PACE rapporteur for Azerbaijan: “Bad legislation, practice should be changed””
Azerbaijan’s unprovoked attack on the territory of Armenia stirred up a wave of discontent in Azerbaijan itself. Despite the ongoing propaganda and patriotic slogans, many were dissatisfied with Aliyev’s actions.
Read more “Azerbaijani people reaction to the war”
Ahmad Mammadli, the chair of an Azerbaijani pro-democracy group, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison by a district court in Baku, following his alleged abduction by plain-clothes police officers.
Read more “Chair of Azerbaijani democracy group given prison sentence following anti-government posts”
The senseless attack on the territory of Armenia showed that Azerbaijani President Aliyev is not going to stop there. Receiving back seven regions? adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh? are not enough for Aliyev. He now wants the Sunik region.
Read more “What is Aliyev trying to achieve?”
Former Human Rights Defender (ex-Ombudsman) of Armenia Arman Tatoyan wrote on his Facebook page:
Read more “Arman Tatoyan: In this situation, we must not allow ourselves to be lulled by false peacekeeping”
On August 31, 2022, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan held their fourth meeting in Brussels with the mediation of the President of the European Council Charles Michel. Following the four-hour meeting, Michel called the talks “open and productive”. Reactions in Yerevan and Baku, however, were not as optimistic. The official statement released by the Armenian government outlined a general overview of the issues discussed, noting that “the next meeting of the leaders of the countries will take place in November.” Baku kept silent on the official level, but state sponsored media outlets aimed to show that Ilham Aliyev was not fully satisfied with the results.
Read more “The EU’s Main Challenge in Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Talks”
France intends to open the eyes of the world community to the true nature of the Azerbaijani regime. Thus, the Azerbaijani dissident, blogger and activist Mirzali Mahammad said on his Facebook page that until October 27, when the Nantes-Karabakh football match is scheduled, posters and billboards will be placed in the city to convey the truth about terrorist acts committed by the Azerbaijani authorities in different cities of France.
Read more “Nantes will host a campaign to notify about the terrorist acts of Azerbaijan in France”
Today, social media users passing through the Lachin corridor filmed forest fires on the road from Berdzor to Agavno, which will be transferred to Azerbaijan’s control on August 25.
Read more “Aliyev media call for terror against the Armenians of Berdzor and Ahavno”
Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan put forward new negotiating positions at a sensational level in negotiations with Azerbaijan on signing a peace treaty. The main basic principle: the conclusion of a peace treaty with Baku is possible without a final decision on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, “there is such an idea, but at this stage it is too early to talk about any such resolution.” Nevertheless, it must be assumed that this position was agreed with the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and can become or has already become a guide in actions for Armenian diplomacy.
Read more “Pashinyan takes Armenia out of the Karabakh equation”
Member of the board of the youth organization of the Musavat Party, Aziz Mamiyev, was detained on July 20 at a protest rally in Baku demanding the opening of the country’s land borders.
Read more “Musavat party member Aziz Mamiyev arrested for 30 days”