By Ali S. Novruzov 

Do young people in Azerbaijan have the necessary educational and cultural opportunities available to them?

On 10 February, members of youth movements and organizations as well as ordinary young people gathered at the Azerbaijani Media Centre to discuss whether every condition is present for development of youth in Azerbaijan.

The Executive Director of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS), Bashir Suleymanli characterized the aftermath of recent municipal elections in Azerbaijan as such in a public forum held in the Azerbaijan Media Center on 12th January.

by Ali S. Novruzov

Every day at half past nine, Amid, 25, leaves his home in a small town near the Heydar Aliyev International Airport and takes a long commute to downtown Baku. Officially he is a reporter with Riyad Media – an online news agency which is barely one year old.

21 December, 2009 ARTICLE 19 calls on the Azerbaijani government to ensure that the Court of Appeal is independent and impartial in the case of two bloggers, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. Their imprisonment is widely believed to be on politically motivated charges of "hooliganism".

The Court of Appeal will hear the bloggers' case tomorrow 22 December to determine whether the decision of the court of