Ali Karimli

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2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections

Aliyev announces snap presidential elections for February

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

President Ilham Aliyev has announced that Azerbaijan will hold snap presidential elections on 7 February 2024, a year before his fourth term as president ends. Aliyev has served as Azerbaijan’s president since October 2003. In 2009, a public referendum removed a limit on the number of terms that a president could serve. Another referendum held in 2016 extended the presidential terms to seven years. The 2016 referendum also created the office of vice president, a position that has been held

A protestor being detained during the Popular Front Party's rally in Baku. Screengrab via Abzas.

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‘100 arrested’ as opposition protest dispersed by police in Baku

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

Up to 100 people have been detained in an opposition protest organised by the Popular Front Party in front of the capital’s Executive Authority. The protest, which appears to have been attended by dozens of demonstrators, lasted for an hour before being dispersed by the police. Among their demands were the right to freedom of assembly, the release of political prisoners, the reopening of Azerbaijan’s land borders, free elections, and an end to ‘family rule’. The police had cordoned off the

Fuad Gakhramanli (left) and Mammad Ibrahim (right). Photo: Ferqane Novruzova/Abzas.org.

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Four Azerbaijani opposition Popular Front Party leaders arrested

by OC Media

•2 min read

Four members of the opposition Popular Front Party’s presidium and dozens of their activists were arrested following the massive rally in Baku on the night of 14 July during which protestors briefly occupied the Azerbaijani parliament. Fuad Gakhramanli, a member of opposition Popular Front Party’s presidium, was detained by police at his home on the afternoon of 23 July, according to a statement made by party head Ali Karimli that same day. On 24 July, the Nasimi District Court announced th

Ruslan Amirov (left), Faig Amirli (centre), Niyameddin Ahmadov (right).

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Azerbaijan re-arrests opposition activists detained for ‘quarantine violation’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Three members of the opposition Popular Front Party who were earlier detained on quarantine violations charges have been re-arrested. Ruslan Amirov, a bodyguard for Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli, was given 15 days of administrative detention on Friday on charges of petty hooliganism. Amirov was one of the first of dozens of opposition activists arrested during the quarantine regime in Azerbaijan. He was detained on 9 April on quarantine violation charges and released after a month.

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Detained opposition activists ‘tortured’ in Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•2 min read

Two members of the opposition Popular Front Party who were detained on quarantine violation charges have reportedly been tortured while in detention. The party stated on Sunday that Niyameddin Ahmadov, the bodyguard of party leader Ali Karimli, was taken from his cell to an unknown location on 28 April where he was tortured for 12 hours. Ahmadov was detained on 16 April and given 30 days of administrative detention on charges of quarantine violation and disobeying police. According to th

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Azerbaijan opposition party claims nearly a dozen members arrested in last two weeks

by OC Media

•4 min read

The opposition Popular Front Party claims that 11 of its members have been arrested in the past two weeks, and the party’s leader has reportedly had his phone and internet cut. On 22 April, two members of the Popular Front Party, Avaz Akhmedov and Arif Babayev, were detained and given 20 and 30 days of administrative arrest, respectively. Akhmedov was charged with petty hooliganism, while Babayev was accused in the spread of disinformation about COVID-19 online. The Popular Front Par

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Opinion | Azerbaijan’s traditional opposition needs to appeal to the young

by Bahruz Samadov

•5 min read

Recent protests in Azerbaijan suggest that, after a long period of stagnation, the nature of protest is changing. However, for a radical transformation of the political landscape to take place, the country’s traditional opposition parties need to reach out and appeal to the more progressive youth movements. On 19 October, thousands of Azerbaijanis took to the streets of central Baku in the largest protest since 2013. The protest was organised by the National Council of Democratic Forces,