BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. An appeal against the conviction of Zahir Askerov, the captain of a vessel belonging to Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea Oil Fleet, who was charged with treason, has been reviewed, Trend reports. The decision was announced today at the Baku Court of Appeal during a session chaired by Judge Gabil Mammadov.

French Ambassador Anne Boillon’s visit to the Alley of Martyrs in Baku, marking the 35th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy, has ignited controversy within Armenian media circles. An article published by an Armenian online outlet has gone so far as to question her motives,

Seven people went on trial in Azerbaijan on Tuesday in the latest of a series of cases against staff of independent news media, prompting accusations of a crackdown on the press. Six of the defendants are affiliated with Abzas Media,

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Wednesday criticized the outgoing Joe Biden Administration for what he called biased toward Azerbaijan.

Iran and Russia recently signed a bilateral agreement as well.“Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a meeting with Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, stressed strengthened cooperation between the two neighbors,

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that his government was approaching the sham trials of former Artsakh leaders in Baku with caution, despite what he called the “disturbing scenes” he had observed the proceedings.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elnur Mammadov has met with Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Daram, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement, Trend reports.

Axel Fischer and Eduard Lintner, former Bundestag deputies, were members of the German delegation to the international human rights organization to which Azerbaijan belongs. Both were implicated in the so-called Azerbaijani Laundromat —a Europe-wide lobbying and money-laundering scheme uncovered by OCCRP in 2017.

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Amnesty International reported severe systematic human rights violations in Azerbaijan on Thursday. The report reflects the lack of improvement and the systemic nature of the abuses, including