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Azerbaijan

MPs demand Azerbaijan cut military ties with US

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Forty-three Azerbaijani MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to ‘review’ the country’s relationship with the US, including pulling out of several military agreements. The MPs signed the statement on 5 October demanding Bayramov terminate the Joint Declaration on Future Military and Defense Cooperation, signed in 1997, and the Agreement on the Acquisition of Equipment and Mutual Services, signed in 2013. They also demanded an immediate stop to any ongoing negotiations on

Bahruz Samadov. Illustration: Tamar Shvelidze/OC Media

Armenia

When advocating for peace becomes treason — the arrest of Bahruz Samadov

by Yousef Bardouka

•6 min read

Azerbaijan’s arrest of researcher and writer Bahruz Samadov has led to widespread outcry, and speculation about the implications for the prospect of peace or further war with Armenia. On the evening of 21 August, Azerbaijani social media filled with posts calling for any information on Bahruz Samadov’s whereabouts. Samadov was visiting Azerbaijan while on holiday from his studies, and had gone missing that afternoon, shortly before he was expected to meet a friend. After two days of silenc

Azerbaijan

Tongan activist hits out at Azerbaijan’s environmental record ahead of COP29

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

A Tongan activist has lashed out at Azerbaijan’s climate record ahead of the COP29 UN climate summit in Baku. Joseph Zane Sikulu, an activist from the Pacific Basin Climate Movement made the comments in an open letter to the President of COP29, Mukhtar Babayev, a former oil executive at SOCAR. In the letter, Sikulu introduced himself as a native Tongan, noting that Babayev recently visited the islands of Tonga to participate in the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum. ‘You visited my home island la

Anar Mammadli

Azerbaijani activists launch campaign to free activist Anar Mammadli ahead of COP29

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

A Geneva-based rights group has launched a campaign on behalf of Azerbaijani activists, calling for the release of detained pro-democracy activist Anar Mammadli ahead of COP29. The Free Anar Mammadli Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan was launched by the Progress and Change Action Lab on behalf of anonymous Azerbaijani activists. ‘The Anar Mammadli Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan is a joint project of Azerbaijani human rights defenders and NGOs. The members of the Steering Com

Azerbaijan

Podcast | ‘Greenwashing’ in Azerbaijan and COP29

by OC Media

•1 min read

Azerbaijan, a country whose economy depends heavily on fossil fuels, is set to host the United Nations’ annual climate change conference, COP29, in November this year, amidst rampant human rights abuses and terrible environmental practices. This week, we speak to journalist Arzu Geybulla about human rights abuses in Azerbaijan and her expectations for COP29, while environmental activist Javid Gara talks environmental activism in the country and Baku’s plans to phase down i

Azerbaijan

Controversy as COP29 to be held in Azerbaijan

by Anna Edgar

•4 min read

Azerbaijan will host the COP29 UN climate summit in a move that activists have warned is a sign of the conference’s move towards fossil-fuel producers and away from effective climate action. The announcement came after Armenia withdrew its own bid in support of Azerbaijan, as part of a package of ‘confidence-building’ measures announced on 7 December. UN rules stipulated that the conference would be hosted by a country in eastern Europe, with all countries within that bloc required to supp