We think it would be better for them and everybody if they would be... a little less thin-skinned about criticism.
If we are going to have a solid commitment on human rights, which I believe in, we have to make sure that the people in the Azerbaijani Gove...
Azerbaijan is a very significant country to the well-being of the United States and the stability of the world.
when you restrict people's right to criticize the government, it encourages corruption and it makes it more difficult to solve the problems ...
It is not really better to have a country that just thumbs their nose at anything in the West.
The human rights situation in Azerbaijan cannot be overlooked.
When it gets to the point that international civil society groups... are forced to pull back their presence out of fear of oppression and in...
This is something that requires a great deal of soul-searching as to where to draw the line.
If Azerbaijan would go the direction of Iran, and if radical Islam would sweep into Central Asia, the world would not be a decent place to l...
I conclude just by saying that we have got to work together.
I don't believe that any of those countries demonstrably have more respect for human rights than the Azeris have.