Azerbaijan

Fighting Rocks Azerbaijan Village

Residents of a village with Islamist sympathies are in defiant mood, several days after police opened fire on local protestors

6 Jul 02

Hundreds of Baku's homeless children resort to substance abuse for a brief escape from the harsh realities of their lives.

23 May 02

A few hundred devout Muslim women are fighting the Azerbaijani state for the right to wear headscarves

13 May 02

Azerbaijanis who fled their Karabakh home in the early Nineties say their representatives have let them down.

10 May 02

Several foreign companies in Azerbaijan have decided that it's not worth waiting for the next oil boom.

2 May 02

An unsanctioned rally held by Azerbaijan's largest opposition parties in central Baku has put them on a collision course with the government

28 Mar 02

A protest by desperate women in the Nakhichevan reflects wave of popular discontent in the traditionally pro-Aliev province.

21 Feb 02

Some of Baku's affluent citizens are resorting to any means to secure sought after real estate

11 Feb 02

With cemeteries in the capital Baku officially full, people are being asked to find increasingly large sums to squeeze in deceased relatives.

5 Nov 01

The Council of Europe is pressuring Baku to start releasing political prisoners.

5 Nov 01

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