Lamiya Adilgizi

Lamiya Adilgizi is a freelance journalist from Azerbaijan. She has written for several international publications including BBC, Al Jazeera, EurasiaNet, IWPR and Today's Zaman.

Former Radio Free Europe staff demand probe over ‘pro-Azerbaijan content’

Radio Azadliq, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani service, is accused of mismanagement and bias after string of sackings

By Lamiya Adilgizi and Tom Rowley

/ 7 Sep 2023

Former Radio Free Europe staff demand probe over ‘pro-Azerbaijan content’

Azerbaijan’s unlucky lawyers

Baku-based lawyer Samed Rahimli discusses new changes in Azerbaijan that are set to make life (even more) difficult for the country’s independent lawyers.

By Lamiya Adilgizi

/ 21 Dec 2017

“We don’t want to be invisible”: the meaning of Azerbaijan’s LGBT purge

In late September Azerbaijan’s police rounded up and detained dozens of LGBT people. What explains this sudden crackdown?

By Lamiya Adilgizi

/ 30 Oct 2017

Turkey’s fight against Gülen in the South Caucasus

The Turkish authorities’ fight against real and imagined enemies in the Gülen movement has now reached Azerbaijan and Georgia.

By Lamiya Adilgizi

/ 6 Jul 2017

Is Georgia still safe for Azerbaijani dissidents?

Georgia has long been an oasis for dissidents from neighbouring Azerbaijan. But with Baku investing in its western neighbour at record levels, are they still safe?

By Lamiya Adilgizi

/ 24 May 2017