Azerbaijan Roundup

Filed under: Armenia, Revolutions, Corruption, Democracy, Elections, Azerbaijan — Posted by Katy on October 28th

Eldar Salaev, a prominent Azerbaijani academician, has been detained by authorities in Baku. He was president of the Azerbaijani Academy of Science during the 1980s. His son is a deputy leader of the Azerbaijani Democrat Party, an opposition group.

NDI was not granted a mandate to observe the November 6 elections.

Azadlyg and YeS blocs can nominate joint candidates in some constituencies.

Jamestown has a summary of recent events.

Financial Times has a full article on events in Azerbaijan.

RFE/RL has a summary as well.

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