Erdogan försöker pressa Sverige att utvisa kurder och inskränka yttrandefriheten. Flamman initierar därför en satirtecknartävling med en prissumma på 10 000 kronor. De bästa verken publiceras i...

Uppges kunna skada relationen med Turkiet under Natoförhandlingarna.

Utlämningarna av kurder som säkerhetsklassificerats av Säpo fortsätter – trots omfattande kritik. Blankspot har träffat Znar Bozkurt, en av de drabbade.

Exclusive: Global Witness claims UK firm has indirectly helped fund aggression against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

A leaked draft bill seen by POLITICO would target ruling party lawmakers and law enforcement officers, as well as possible Russian agents in the country.

Sedan 2003 delar Reportrar utan gränser ut det svenska pressfrihetspriset till modiga och oberoende journalister som genom sitt arbete bidragit till att stärka pressfrihet. I år går priset till Ras…

Sedan 2006 har Svenska Röda Korsets journalistpris belönat en journalistisk gärning – i form av ett reportage eller särskild satsning – som under föregående år ökat förståelsen för de humanitära...

Svenska utrikesdepartementet ger årligen 6 till 10 miljoner kronor till det svenska forskningsinstitutet ISDP trots kopplingar till diktaturen Azerbajdzjan. Blankspot kan nu avslöja att UD under må…

Since Azerbaijan’s offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, the region has been emptied of its Armenian population. But there are few opportunities to find out what happened before the exodus. Ras…

In an exclusive interview for Blankspot, genocide researcher Melanie O’Brien explains why the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh can be considered an ongoing genocide.

For years, Azerbaijan has courted Western journalists, researchers, academics, and parliamentarians by offering them invitations to participate in reporting trips and conferences, a practice known as...

Polska staten betalar • Sprider lögner om Sverige • Hedersgäst på SD:s slottskonferens • Delas av M-politiker.

In December Blankspot published an investigation about a paid trip to Azerbaijan for members of the European parliament. Now the German EU-parliamentarian Niklas Nienaß reacts by resigning from the…

Following the arrest of Gubad Ibadoglu, the European Parliament is calling for an investigation into sanctions against Azerbaijan. This comes at a time when the number of political prisoners has mo…

After an EU delegation of elected parliamentarians went on a trip to Azerbaijan, their criticism was exchanged for praise for the dictatorship. Although the trip was paid for by the Azerbaijani Min…

Following the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenians have been forced to confront a new reality. In the fourth part of Blankspot’s article series, Rasmus Can…

Statement by the spokesperson of Charles Michel, President of the European Council, regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan - 12 September 2023

Last week the Swedish news agency TT reported that Azerbaijan had discovered what it claimed to be mass graves from prior conflicts in the disputed Nagorno-Karabach region. At the time, TT was unaw…

Nobel Foundation should stop Azerbaijan’s participation in the ceremony. That’s the opinion of Pussy Riot activist Lusine Djanyan and human rights activist Zhala Bayramova, both of whom…

On November 17, the International Court of Justice at the United Nations implemented temporary measures against Azerbaijan. These measures underscored the rights of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh—to...

In early September, Blankspot’s Rasmus Canbäck traveled to Armenia to cover the impending catastrophe. In this unique report, he documents the atmosphere in the days before Azerbaijan attacke…

In the shadow of the great powers’ struggle for influence in the Caucasus, Israel’s relationship with Azerbaijan has grown stronger. Every year, arms exports to Azerbaijan increase, and…