Editor’s Note: Maran Turner is the executive director of Freedom Now, a nonpartisan nongovernmental organization that represents individual prisoners of conscience, including Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. For ...

This post is part of our special coverage Eurovision Azerbaijan 2012. Last weekend, Azerbaijan was shaking, with thousands of people flooding onto the streets of Baku, the capital, in the early hours ...

Last May, Ell & Nikki, an obscure duo from Azerbaijan, won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s President, Ilham Aliyev, treated the musical win like a military triumph, describing it as “a ...

Azerbaijan have emerged victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest final with Ell/Nikki's 'Running Scared'. The duo's power ballad topped the scoreboard with 211 points after public and judges' votes ...

The Oikotimes, a major Eurovision blog, says that it is still uncertain whether the European Broadcast Union (EBU) is convinced Azerbaijan can host next year's competition. The blog says that ...

OSLO -- Eurovision has concluded an investigation into charges that Azerbaijani officials harassed people who voted for the Armenian entry in May's Eurovision Song Content and will soon decide whether ...

Postage stamps "Eurovision Song Contest-Azerbaijan Winner 2011" have been issued in Germany in honor of Azerbaijan's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Public Television and Radio ...

Targets included the song contest venue and major hotels housing foreigners, the National Security Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Azerbaijan has in recent months reported being the target of ...