Rights defenders Arif Yunus and his wife Leyla Yunus leave Azerbaijan for Holland. Their daughter Dinara Yunus met them at the airport in Amsterdam airport April 19.
“I think the court is waiting for their order. I don’t see any other reason why the court won’t announce a date for hearing otherwise. Ilham Aliyev is the only one who can place the order and he is powerless in doing that.”
Pharrell Williams will take the stage on June 19 together with singers Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias to perform at the opening of Formula 1 race in Azerbaijan
Human Rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev receives the civil rights defender award of the year at a prize ceremony in Stockholm.
April 5, as co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group meet in Vienna, both Armenia and Azerbaijan are encouraged to return to the negotiation table ending hostilities and respecting the ceasefire agreement.
April 2, clashes erupt as ceasefire violated on the frontline between Armenia and Azerbaijan. After a night of gunfire and heavy shelling, one resident of Tartar was reported killed, and one wounded.
April 1, Azerbaijan Bar Association disbars one lawyer, reprimands another and warns the third one.
Detained at the Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Aylisli was held for 12 hours on March 30. Aylisli, was traveling to Venice for an International Festival of Literature.
Court in Baku commuted Aliyev's 7.5years to a suspended 5 year sentence.
A week after an edition of the popular television program News Of The Week With Dmitry Kiselyov, the Kremlin's lead propagandist, portrayed RFE/RL journalists as spies conspiring against Russia, its Moscow bureau administrator approached at her home by two unknown men seeking her personal information.
RFE/RL editor in chief Nenad Pejic welcomes release of political prisoners but adds "Khadija should have bee among them".
Families and friends comment on the release of their loved ones while international rights organizations are on alert.
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