Tagged: Azerbaijan Elections

Conrad Omodiagbe

Azerbaijan in Turmoil After Election

Police in Azerbaijan has arrested and detained three key opposition leaders and over 100 activists in the country, ahead of protests scheduled to hold in response to results from February 9, 2020, single-chamber parliamentary elections announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC). Surprise Elections and Accusations of Rigging While the country’s parliamentary elections were originally […]

Conrad Omodiagbe

Election Fraud Shakes Validity of Azerbaijan Vote

The opposition in the recently concluded Azerbaijan February 9 snap parliamentary elections has accused President Ilham Aliyev’s ruling party, New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), of influencing and rigging the polls. This follows a recent exit poll carried out after the elections that suggests that the ruling party has increased its share in the single-chamber legislature by […]