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Society: Azerbaijan

Includes anthropology, demography, sociology, ethnic groups, women and gender studies, diasporas.

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Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
"Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards." The English language homepage provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the globe.

Artists of Azerbaijan (http://server14.hypermart.net/azeriart/artists.htm)
Biographies of artists and examples of their work.

Azerbaijan Cookery (http://www.baku-az.com/cookery/)
A website giving information about and recipes for traditional Azerbaijani food.

Azerbaijan Online (http://azerbaijan-online.com/)
A combination news service and search engine covering Azerbaijan its history and culture.

Baku - Capital City of Azerbaijan (http://www.baku.com/)
The city of Baku's official website which offers much information about the city and area surrounding it.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and read in it.

European Community's Relations with Azerbaijan (http://europa.eu.int/comm/external%5Frelations/Azerbaijan/intro/)
A website detailing the European Community's relations with Azerbaijan.

Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
"Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide." Search its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given country.

International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.

International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an "organization of 183 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment." A search by country will yield reports on the IMF's initiatives and programs in it.

Jewish History of Azerbaijan (http://www.heritagefilms.com/AZERBAIJAN.html)
This website relates the history of the Jewish community in Azerbaijan.

Museums of Azerbaijan (http://www.culture.az:8101/museum%5Fe.htm)
A central site for all the major museums of Azerbaijan.

Newspapers and other media from Azerbaijan (http://www.kidon.com/media-link/azerbaijan.shtml)
A website giving access to newspapers and other media from Azerbaijan. Note that items are in English, Azerbaijani and Russian.

Open Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.

State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan (http://www.azeri.com/goscomstat/)
This site gives access to all types of statistics gathered by the government of Azerbaijan.

United States Committee for Refugees (USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN's initiative to aid refugees, the USCR's site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and from the various countries of the world.

Who is who in Azerbaijan (http://www.whitepages.top.az/html/)
A directory giving biographical and contact information for individuals in all areas of Azerbaijani life.

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