The programme for our IPS Belgium seminar series 2024-25 is out! Join us on 25/10 to discuss EU migration policies and (im)mobility with Rossella Marino (UGent) & Hannah Cross (University of Westminster): doingips.org/news-events/ip…

A brief glimpse of brilliant Azerbaijani thinker Bahruz Samadov (the Lack Observer) who calls out for the right to speak at #COP29Azerbaijan as he's bustled into court by police. Free Bahruz.

Our analysis of #COP29 as the new "old extractivist" platform for global capital, Azerbaijan's oppressive politics and liberalism vs. authoritarianism false choices is published on Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

🗓️ Join us next Friday for the next session of the IPS Belgium Seminar Series 2024-25 to discuss João Freitas Mendes' paper on “Slowness and conventional forms” (VUB, Birkbeck London)! 📍 Online 🗓️ Nov 22, 2024 🎟️ Register now: eventbrite.be/e/ips-belgium-…

Day 9 of #COP29 in #Azerbaijan, held amid the host country's massive crackdown on civil society and independent media. CPJ continues to tell the stories of more than a dozen Azerbaijani journalists jailed in the lead-up to COP29. Today we cover researcher and columnist Bahruz

🚩Important reminder: I am Ulviyya Ali (Guliyeva), a journalist for Voice of America since 2019. It has been 2 days since I learned about the #travelban. On January 16, I was questioned by investigator Samir Ismayilov at the Baku City Main Police Department regarding the

On January 22 (tomorrow) at 16:00, a hearing will take place at the Sabail District Court to review the motion for the house arrest of Bahruz Samadov.

📢 Join us on February 21 (4-5 pm) for Berfin Nur Osso's presentation: “Visual Narratives of Migration Management: Exploring Refugee Perspectives through Art and Social Media within Transdisciplinary Legal Research" (University of Helsinki) 🗓️Register : eventbrite.be/e/ips-belgium-…

From Ulviyya Guliyeva, whom most of you know as Ulviyya Ali: If you are reading this message, it means I have been slandered and unlawfully imprisoned for my journalistic work.

It's very hard to watch this current crackdown on Azerbaijani journalists unfold + the relative lack of interest from global media. Over 20 journalists are behind bars. How to get people interested in this "story" any more? Honestly, answers on a postcard. And freedom to Ulviyya