Azerbaijan

June 18, 2026 02:51

• Azerbaijani activist Akhmedov sentenced to lengthy prison term

  A court in Ganja sentenced Azerbaijani activist Asef Akhmedov to eight years in prison in a case involving Western grants to NGOs. In his final statement, Akhmedov denied the charges and claimed the case was falsified.

June 17, 2026 16:41

• The Popular Front Party (PFPA) reported pressure on Ali Karimli in an Azerbaijani pretrial detention center.

  Opposition politician Ali Karimli, who is being held in Azerbaijan, has announced that his telephone rights have been restricted. His associates say this occurred after France24 published a written interview.

June 17, 2026 09:46

• 45 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

  Today, 196 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Jabrayil region during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Shukurbeyli.

June 17, 2026 01:59

• Meydan TV and Abzas Media were awarded the "Pioneer of Free Media 2026" award.

  Azerbaijani independent publications Abzas Media and Meydan TV, whose journalists were subjected to criminal prosecution, have won the international "Pioneer of Free Media 2026" award.

June 16, 2026 19:27

• The Baku-Tbilisi-Baku train service remains unavailable for most passengers.

  Passengers are unable to find affordable tickets for the Baku-Tbilisi train, which resumed service at the end of May, and Azerbaijan Railways is not selling return tickets at all, Meydan TV reports.

June 15, 2026 20:11

• Analysts have linked the persecution of Talysh activists to their struggle for rights.

  Despite the absence of formal discrimination based on nationality, activists and researchers working on the ethnic and cultural rights of national minorities in Azerbaijan often come under pressure from the authorities, according to human rights lawyer Samad Rahimli. Facebook* users have been actively discussing the status of the state language and the rights of national minorities.

June 15, 2026 15:05

• Russia shipped nearly 500 tons of wheat to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

  The cargo in seven wagons includes 490 tons of grain.

June 14, 2026 02:01

• 23 Azerbaijani citizens have been repatriated from Syria.

  The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported on the repatriation of seven women and 16 children from Syria.

June 13, 2026 08:33

• Alizamin Salaev's relatives complained about violations of his rights in prison.

  Prison administration placed Azerbaijan Popular Front Party activist Alizamin Salayev in solitary confinement after he complained about the lack of air conditioning in his cells, his relatives reported.

June 13, 2026 05:37

• Twelve displaced families have returned to two villages in the Khojavend district.

  Twelve Azerbaijani families who left during the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Gırmızı Bazar and Hadrut.

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