by Jeffrey Dunn, Crude Accountability Research Coordinator While articulating respect for human rights in their business statements, TotalEnergies (France) and Equinor (Norway), are silent about …
Azerbaijan’s Green Energy Development Serves the Hydrocarbon Industry
Azerbaijan heavily depends on revenue from oil and gas exports, which accounts for 92% of its total exports. That dependence is set to increase with …
The Middle Corridor: Insiders, Corruption, and the Aktau Port Modernization Project
The Middle Corridor, in its current design, lacks regard for its environmental and climate impacts, and for the well-being of Central Asians. It also lacks …
Where is the Voice of BP? Amid international uproar, BP is silent about the arrest and torture of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu
October 25, 2023 For over three months, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, a renowned Azerbaijani academic and human rights defender dedicated to promoting democracy, transparency, and accountability, …
New Report Exposes the Horrors of Turkmenistan’s Opaque Prison System
[October 19, Linden, VA] – Supported by satellite imagery and rare witness accounts, a new report by Crude Accountability exposes the disturbing expansion and cruelty …
Repressive Regimes Use Enforced Disappearances to Intimidate Populations – Crude Accountability Intervention at the OSCE WHDC 2023
On October 10th, Crude Accountability delivered its remarks at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2023, one of the largest human rights conferences in the region. …
Gubad Ibadoghlu Should Be Unconditionally Released – Crude Accountability Intervention at the OSCE WHDC 2023
On October 9th, Crude Accountability delivered its remarks at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2023, one of the largest human rights conferences in the region. …
New Report Exposes Western Enablers Fueling ‘Shadow’ Shipping Industry and Authoritarian Regimes
A new report by Crude Accountability, The Western Enablers Keeping the ‘Shadow’ Shipping Industry Afloat: Structural Barriers to Regulation of Maritime Commerce, sheds light on the …
International Civil Society Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Professor Gubad Ibadoghlu in Azerbaijan
Prominent economist Professor Gubad Ibadoghlu was brutally beaten and arrested on July 23, 2023 and is being held on trumped up charges. We call for …
Urgent: Prominent Economist, Professor Gubad Ibadoghlu Assaulted, Arrested, Denied Critical Medical Care in Azerbaijan
Linden, July 24 – Gubad Ibadoghlu, a world-renowned academic and economist dedicated to promoting democracy, transparency, and accountability, was arrested on July 23rd in Baku, …