Azerbaijan is a bastion of tolerance, according to the country’s leader, Ilham Aliyev. But members of national minority groups in Azerbaijan may beg to differ. On the international stage, Aliyev has ...

An Azerbaijani journalist was arrested yesterday on charges of illegal possession of drugs. Hilal Mamedov, a member of the Talysh ethnic minority, is the editor-in-chief of Talysh language newspaper ...

Hilal Mamedov, who is currently on trial in Baku on charges of spying for Iran, fuelling inter-ethnic hatred, and illegal possession of drugs, has been awarded the Azerbaijan Institute of Peace and ...

The Observatory has been informed by the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (HRCA) that the hearing in the trial against Mr. Novruzali Mammadov, a fervent defender of the cultural rights of the Talysh ...

The Observatory has been informed by the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (HRCA) about the confirmation in appeal of the sentencing against Mr. Novruzali Mammadov, a fervent defender of the cultural ...