@TheEconomist looks at three 2013 presidential elections.

ESI draws some wider conclusions from the débâcle.

Ilgar Mammadov's trial began on 4 November.

There's nothing like democracy (and this isn't much like democracy).

Great @EuropeanVoiceEV article liberated from firewall by @hrw.

@Giorgi_Gogia reports from the ground.

Good for Al-Jazeera running this story.

Oops.

Oops.

More of the same, or possibly worse, alas.

Azerbaijan buying German expertise.

Azerbaijan buying US expertise.

BBC catching up with this story at last.

Democracy inaction!

An Azeri lawyer writes.

Every presidential election in Iran since 1997 ... has produced surprising outcomes. This cannot be said about Azerbaijan...

Championing democracy by abolishing the opposition!

The fifth is of general applicability.

The Economist reports this sordid story.

A plea from Azerbaijan.

Writing the wrong sort of novel gets you in trouble.

It is an earthly paradise, and only deluded fools think otherwise.

Arresting the opposition is the way to go!!! (Ilgar Mammadov is quoted,though not named)

Human Rights Watch reports in detail on Ilgar Mammadov and Tofig Yagublu.

Agramunt and Debono Grech speak out too.

EU concerned by arrests of Ilgar Mammedov and Tofig Yagublu.

Council of Europe Secretary-General speaks on arrests of Ilgar Mammadov and Tofig Yagublu.

My former colleague İlgar, imprisoned by Әliev's goons on bogus charges.

Who might have done that???

Getting worse. (Says @SabineICG, and she's right.)