Justice
In Azerbaijan, Officials Will Collect Your Ballot From You at Home
It's election day in the former Soviet Republic.
Today is election day in Azerbaijan, where President Ilham Aliyev is expected to win his third straight term.
Azerbaijan has a troubled human rights history. One group claims 142 people are being held in prison "on political grounds," and Human Rights Watch reports a "dramatic deterioration of the government's record on freedom of expression, assembly, and association." According to Radio Free Europe, observers from nearly 100 countries are on hand to monitor voting and polling stations.