A well-known opposition blogger in Azerbaijan has irked the authorities by creating a parody video using a scene from the Hollywood film "300."
In a further reflection of the new warming in Azerbaijani-Russian relations, Republic of Daghestan President Ramazan Abdulatipov has issued a statement calling on Daghestani ethnic minorities in neighboring Azerbaijan to vote for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev in the October 9 presidential ballot.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has urged the Council of Europe to initiate direct contacts with authorities in Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region to help settle the protracted conflict.
A satirical video clip produced by a well-known pro-democracy blogger and photographer in Azerbaijan has apparently irritated the authorities.
The OSCE's representative on freedom of the media says the situation regarding freedom of speech and the media in Azerbaijan is "quite worrying."
Supporters of Azerbaijan's united opposition presidential candidate, Camil Hasanli, have held a rally in the capital Baku.
Hilal Mamedov, the editor of the Baku-based "Tolisi Sado" (The Voice of Talysh) independent newspaper, was found guilty of high treason, incitement of ethnic, religious, and racial hatred, and drugs possession and sentenced to five years in prison.
Daniel Baer is the new U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). During the organization's annual "human dimension implementation meeting" in Warsaw, Baer sat down with RFE/RL's Rikard Jozwiak to talk about the upcoming elections in Azerbaijan, the situation in Belarus, and what he, as one of very few openly gay American ambassadors, thinks about the latest developments in Russia.
The head of the media arm of Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission has expressed his concern over what he called the "propaganda mode" of presidential campaign coverage by RFE/RL, Voice of America, and the BBC.
The son of an Azerbaijani opposition figure has been stabbed and beaten by unknown assailants.
A son of the leader of opposition the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (AXCP) has been sentenced to 25 days in jail.
The relocation of some 500 Lezgins from northern Azerbaijan to Daghestan is finally under way, after three years of discussions about who, exactly, would pick up the check.
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