After quickly glancing at the Russian-language Day.az online publication, I came across to an overwhelming number of articles dealing with violence again women in Azerbaijan.  This week alone, the publication covers a woman killed by her  nephew, a man in prison for having killed his wife, a mother beaten to death by her son, and a 21-year-old in court for having raped his 15-year-old sister.

 

And this all in a country of less than 9 million people.

 

Azerbaijan’s neighbor Armenia was condemned by Amnesty International for inaction against domestic abuse last week.