Azerbaijan

April 14, 2026 16:59

• Namizad Safarov's arrest has been extended.

  A Baku court has extended the pretrial detention of Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights activist Namizad Safarov for another three months. Safarov's defense team intends to appeal the decision.

April 14, 2026 16:02

• A sapper was killed in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan.

  An employee of the Mine Action Agency was killed in the Fizuli district. The death toll from mine explosions since the 44-day Karabakh war has reached 422, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated.

April 14, 2026 15:04

• 21 Azerbaijani families have been returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

  Today, 102 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to six villages in the Aghdere and Khojaly districts.

April 14, 2026 11:16

• A train carrying fuel and fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

  A shipment of 1,298 tons of diesel fuel was exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia. The same train also carried 240 tons of agricultural fertilizer from Russia.

April 14, 2026 10:18

• The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 3,500.

  Following the outbreak of hostilities in Iran, 3,505 people were evacuated to Azerbaijan, including 613 Azerbaijani citizens, 374 Russians, and 21 Georgian citizens.

April 14, 2026 08:26

• Shahin Shykhlinski and his son were convicted in the case of an attack on a security officer.

  A court in Yekaterinburg sentenced the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora, Ural Shahin Shykhlinski, and his son, Mutvala, to prison terms, finding them guilty of using violence against a special forces soldier during his arrest.

April 13, 2026 13:58

• Azerbaijani activist Nazarov complained about the lack of medical care in the prison colony.

  Imprisoned activist Elvin Nazarov has experienced a sharp increase in pain in recent days, but he is not receiving the necessary medical examination and treatment in the penitentiary institution.

April 12, 2026 16:58

• The Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran has resumed operations.

  On April 12, the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran resumed operations with a limited staff, a month after the evacuation of its diplomats. Baku believes that the embassy's rapid resumption of operations after the ceasefire underscores the importance Azerbaijan places on relations with Iran.

April 11, 2026 11:28

• Journalist Sadygov was denied a passport after being deported.

  Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov, who was deported from Georgia to his homeland, was denied a passport, citing a lack of military registration information.

April 11, 2026 09:31

• The Penitentiary Service has denied allegations of violence against a Meydan TV journalist.

  Pretrial detention facility staff did not use violence against Meydan TV journalist Aytaj Tapdyg, the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service stated in response to a complaint from the detainee's relatives.

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