Leigh in Azerbaijan

The teacher aide next door says that she only has water for 2 hours every day.
Old women are the most common beggars on the street. A tough existence. They do however attract what seems to be a good response.
Azerbaijan seems to be making too much money in oil. An international advisor suggests [...]

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The following comes from Today.Az in Azerbaijan. This site, an apparent voice of the government, would seem to indicate that there is a change of political will concerning imprisoning journalists.
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One of former political prisoners, Faina Kunqurova died in prison (November 18, 2007) in unclear circumstances a few weeks later after the second arrest. [...]

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The following four articles from Today.Az show a quickly developing response to the US Ambassador’s comment on media freedom. It ends with the release of a journalist from RadioLiberty. Maybe there’s hope here yet if the country is responsive to EU and US pressure to lift their human rights record. I went [...]

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Today was the anniversary of the announced death of the previous president of Azerbaijan, who was the leader of the KGB in Soviet days.  The government machine went into place and blocked many roads leading to the cemetery for famous people here. Consequently our bus took us to a nearby subway to avoid using the [...]

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