Azerbaijan is electing a new President today
Shazia Anwer Cheema Baku, Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijan today on February 7, 2024, will elect its next President for a term of seven years. The sitting
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Shazia Anwer Cheema Baku, Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijan today on February 7, 2024, will elect its next President for a term of seven years. The sitting
Ahead of Azerbaijan's February 7 presidential election, the political parties that could offer a genuine opposition to the incumbent, Ilham Aliyev, are all boycotting the race. The only intrigue is whether the margin of Aliyev's victory -- in light of the retaking of Nagorno-Karabakh -- will be his biggest yet.
As the Russia-Ukraine War wages on, Turkey’s balancing position between Russia and Ukraine becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. Following the May 2023 presidential elections in Turkey, which secured his third term as president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan initiated significant political maneuvers which had the potential to unsettle the delicate equilibrium he had established among Turkey, Russia, and the West and at the same time were seen as a hopeful sign of Turkey aligning more closely with the Western alliance. During Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s visit to Turkey in July 2023, Erdog...
As the Russia-Ukraine War wages on, Turkey’s balancing position between Russia and Ukraine becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. Following the May 2023 presidential elections in Turkey, which secured his third term as president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan initiated significant political maneuvers which had the potential to unsettle the delicate equilibrium he had established among Turkey, Russia, and the West and at the same time were seen as a hopeful sign of Turkey aligning more closely with the Western alliance. During Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s visit to Turkey in July 2023, Erdog...
Click to expand Image A photograph of Gubad Ibadoghlu taken in 2021. 2021 Private (Berlin, July 25, 2023) - Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a prominent opposition leader and scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu, on spurious criminal charges, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 24, 2023, Baku's Narimanov District Court sent Ibadoghlu for four months of pretrial detention on charges of production, acquisition or sale of counterfeit money by an organized group. If convicted, Ibadoghlu could face up to 12 years in prison. During the arrest, police ill-treated Ibadoglu and his wife, who was with ...