Council of Europe plagued by ‘caviar diplomacy’
By CLAUDIA VON SALZEN Translated by Sam Morgan Der Tagesspiegel / Euractiv A corruption scandal involving payments running into millions of euros has rocked the [more >>>]
By CLAUDIA VON SALZEN Translated by Sam Morgan Der Tagesspiegel / Euractiv A corruption scandal involving payments running into millions of euros has rocked the [more >>>]
By MATTHEW VALENCIA* 1843 magazine, The Economist How does an autocratic regime divert attention abroad from its human-rights record and discourage the opposition at home? [more >>>]
By SOUHAYR BELHASSEN* The Guardian After a lifetime fighting for human rights, Leyla and Arif Yunus face a decade in jail. How can Europe turn [more >>>]
By JURGEN BALZAN Malta Today Labour MP Joe Debono Grech denies receiving gifts from Azerbaijan, insists the Council of Europe cannot depose the oil- and [more >>>]
By THE REFLECTOR eurasianet.com It seems the Azerbaijani capital of Baku is hoping to cash in on the Brooklyn brand. Brooklyn, New York City’s most [more >>>]
By DOMINIKA BYCHAWSKA-SINIARSKA and ADAM BODNAR* openDemocracy.net In Azerbaijan, prominent human rights defenders are being arrested; and NGOs raided. ‘Caviar diplomacy’ covers it all up. [more >>>]
BBC A top European human rights official has resigned amid a corruption investigation and complaints about him having visited Syria with Russian MPs. Pedro Agramunt [more >>>]
By ARZU GEYBULLA* Open Democracy (opendemocracy.net) We all know about Baku’s international efforts to whitewash criticism of human rights abuses. What makes these latest revelations [more >>>]
CEE BANKWATCH NETWORK Counter Balance Brussels, 6 September 2017 – Statement by CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance and Friends of the Earth Europe Adding up [more >>>]
By TIM DIACONO Lovin Malta Malta a ‘key location’ used by corrupt Azerbaijani officials to hide their money, report warns Azerbaijani oligarchs consider Malta to [more >>>]
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