This week has been a tough one for the Azerbaijani government.   The first blow came from the Council of Europe; Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland is launching an official investigation into Azerbaijan’s compliance with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. In an unprecedented move, Jagland is initiating this investigation  based on Article 52 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human

      On May 13, a search was conducted in the office of the Economic Research Center (ERC) by the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, reported ERC Chairman Gubad Ibadoglu, who is currently in the US.   According to him, during the three-hour search, all the computers and accounting documents of the ERC, the Coalition of Public Unions for Increasing Transparency in Extractive Industries