Popular Eurovision website hacked in response to ‘parade of homosexuals’
A group is reportedly targeting websites related to the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in protest at a ‘parade of homosexuals’ it believes will take place at the event. The independent Escotoday...
View ArticleIran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision ‘gay parade’
Iran has recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan, having accused the Eurovision 2012 host of staging a ‘gay parade’ for the flamboyant contest this Saturday. The move comes after Azerbaijan had accused...
View ArticlePeter Tatchell urges Eurovision singers to fight for free speech in Azerbaijan
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has urged Eurovision contestants and organisers to stand up against President Aliyev and his dictatorial regime in Azerbaijan, which many see as being...
View ArticleFeature: The truth about gay life in Azerbaijan outside of the Eurovision...
As Baku celebrates the end of the Eurovision Song Contest, which saw Sweden’s Loreen win with her song Euphoria, we examine the realities of life of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are forced...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Iran locked in a spat over rumours of a gay parade
Azerbaijan has accused Iran of lying over claims the Azeri government was forced to cancel a gay parade during the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend. As Azerbaijan hosted the kitsch Eurovision song...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: First ever gay pride ‘mini rally’ held in country capital with no...
In what is believed to be the first ever pride celebration in Azerbaijan, a group of gay marchers recently paraded a “mini rally” through the capital city Baku, with no arrests, reports of harassment,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Gay man found dead in Baku in wake of first gay pride rally
A 53-year-old gay man has been found dead in Azerbaijan’s capital city of Baku, according to reports. The body of the man, who has been named by police as M Namiyev, was found last night on the side of...
View ArticleAzerbaijanis take to the internet to condemn gay pride ‘mini rally’ in Baku
Azerbaijani web users have condemned a gay pride ‘mini rally’ staged in the capital city of Baku on 7th September. The rally, which is believed to be the first gay parade in the Muslim country, took...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Suicide of leading gay rights activist sparks first ‘LGBT news...
The suicide of a gay rights activist in Azerbaijan last month has prompted the city of Baku’s first ever LGBT news conference, in which activists established plans to drive for fresh legislation to...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Local news coverage of gay engagement forces couple to flee country
A gay couple who were forced to go into hiding after local news outlets reported their engagement have now fled the country. Javid Nabiyev and his partner got engaged in a small ceremony in Sumqayit,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: 19-year-old slit her sister’s throat after finding out she was a...
Police in Azerbaijan have arrested a 19-year-old who says she was possessed by “a demon” when she killed her lesbian sister. Parvana Nuriyevanin, 19, stabbed her sister Günel Nuriyevan, 20, before...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament condemns oppression of LGBT people in Azerbaijan
The European Parliament has voted to condemn the oppression of LGBT people in Azerbaijan. The Parliament passed a motion last week condemning the “intimidation and repression” of LGBTI people, and...
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The new Chechnya? 100 gay and transgender people reportedly arrested and...
At least 100 gay and transgender people have been arrested, tortured and beaten in Azerbaijan, according to local reports. Police conducted a number of raids in the capital of Baku and forced those who...
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Victims of Azerbaijan’s crackdown on LGBT people have been ‘brutally beaten...
Victims of the Azerbaijani crackdown on LGBT people have shared horrific stories of being arrested and tortured by police. At least 100 gay and transgender people have been detained, beaten and forced...
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This country ‘has the worst LGBT rights in Europe’
Azerbaijan has the worst human rights records for LGBT people in all of Europe, it has been claimed. The LGBTI Intergroup in the European Parliament this week issued a call for Europe to halt the...
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The UK was once ranked the most LGBT-friendly nation in Europe. This year,...
The annual Rainbow Map ranking has named Poland, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan as some of the worst countries to be LGBT+ in Europe, while the UK continues to slide down the rankings. Since 2009, LGBT+...
View ArticleLeaked Zoom call exposes Azerbaijani politicians’ open homophobia as they...
Leaked footage from Zoom calls between senior Azerbaijani politicians has uncovered appalling levels of homophobia within the top ranks of the opposition party. The four videos leaked between May 13...
View ArticleA sex worker was stabbed 11 times and killed by a client. Her family wouldn’t...
The family of a trans woman and sex worker killed by a client in a horrific attack refused to collect her body from the morgue or attend her funeral. Aysu Mammadli, a sex worker, was stabbed 11 times...
View ArticleTireless Azerbaijani LGBT+ journalist ‘slaughtered, beheaded and has penis...
LGBT+ journalist and activist Avaz Hafizli was mutilated and killed in Azerbaijan, and his own cousin has been arrested for his murder. Warning – graphic violence. Hafizli was a journalist with the...
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LGBTQ+ activists ‘blocked’ from public trial of man who beheaded and...
Azerbaijan’s LGBTQ+ community and supporters of murdered journalist Avaz Hafizli are being barred from his alleged killer’s public trial, local activists have said. Hafizli was a journalist with the...
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