A prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, received a 10-year prison sentence from a Baku court on Monday, sparking widespread controversy and concern. His lawyer, Elchin ...

On January 13, Judge Ali Mammadov of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes delivered the verdict in Bakhtiyar Hajiyev’s case, sentencing the activist to 10 years in prison. The court ruled that Hajiyev’s ...

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijani human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced by a Baku court to 10 years in prison on Monday on an array of corruption and other charges that he denied, his ...