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Former German MP Eduard Lintner has admitted in court that he received payments from Azerbaijan linked to the notorious “Azerbaijani Laundromat” scheme, a $2.9 billion corruption network exposed by OCCRP in 2017. The scheme was used to buy political influence in Europe while Azerbaijan’s government jailed journalists and activists at home. Lintner acknowledged the charges […]

Tensions grew when local activist Nijat Amiraslanov was arrested and sentenced to 15 days for “petty hooliganism” after distributing pamphlets about the case. 17-year-old high school student Elgun Ibrahimov died under suspicious circumstances in Ganja. While authorities claim he fell accidentally from a building, his family and local activists insist he was beaten to death.

The Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan has unexpectedly changed the admission rules for lyceums and gymnasiums across Baku and other regions. According to the new policy, only 6th-grade students (applying for 7th grade) are eligible for entrance exams. Previously, students from 5th to 8th grade could apply. This last-minute decision has sparked widespread

The chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Ali Karimli, said that Novruz Tagiyev, who worked as a security guard on public grounds, was tortured for 13 hours on the day he was detained by the police. Ali Karimli wrote on his Facebook page that Novruz Tagiyev was detained by four plainclothes police