A therapy center in Baku is Azerbaijan's only dedicated facility for treating autism, which affects some 4,000 children nationwide. Families of children with autism spectrum disorders say the kids benefit from intensive therapy, but many have had trouble getting the care they need.
The leader of the opposition Musavat Party branch in Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomous Republic has been hospitalized after being attacked late on March 14.
A court in Baku has ordered that a member of the Nida citizens' movement be held for up to three-months in pretrial detention.
Two activists, one an employee of the U.S.-based National Democratic Institute (NDI), have been detained by plainclothes police in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan is the latest country where riot police have threatened to use a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), against protesters. The U.S.-manufactured LRAD has been sold in 60 countries worldwide, but its emerging role as a crowd-control device has drawn controversy.
When Azerbaijani riot police forcibly dispersed opposition protesters in Baku on March 9-10, they did so with the aid of tear gas and other crowd-control weapons -- many purchased from the West. Now angry activists are asking how countries like the United States can provide weapons used against protesters while being a prominent critic of Azerbaijan's human-rights record.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to halt a media crackdown.
A court in Baku has sentenced an Azerbaijani journalist to nine years in prison on bribery-related charges.
Police used rubber bullets, water hoses, and tear gas against demonstrators in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, on March 10. RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports that dozens of protesters were detained during the demonstration, which was held to protest the deaths and alleged abuse of conscripts in the military. (14 PHOTOS)
Police have used rubber bullets, water hoses, and tear gas against demonstrators in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. (Video by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)
Police have used rubber bullets, water hoses, and tear gas against demonstrators in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
Three student opposition activists have been detained in Azerbaijan ahead of a planned protest on March 10.
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