05/01/24 - Sen. Durbin tweeted "I welcome the Azerbaijan government’s decision to move Gubad Ibadoghlu to house arrest, allowing for important medical care. I hope such compassion can be extended to allow his full release and freedom to travel." View the tweet here.

09/19/23 - Sen. Durbin tweeted "The Azeri government’s attack against a starving and isolated community is unacceptable. After months of blocking food and medicine to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, President Aliyev’s actions further inflame tensions and make a lasting peace all the more difficult to achieve." View the tweet here.

08/28/23 - Sen. Durbin tweeted "Azerbaijani President Aliyev must end this inhumane blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh that has prevented the delivery of food and medical supplies and led to the troubling detention of Armenian students." View the tweet here.

05/08/23 - Sen. Durbin tweeted "I’m troubled that Azerbaijan continues to jail civic and human rights voices Bakhtiyar Hajiyev & Elchin Sadigov on bogus charges – with Hajiyev recently near death in jail. It’s long overdue that they be freed and Azerbaijan instead focus on joining the community of democracies." View the tweet here.

02/13/23 - Sen. Durbin tweeted "I continue to believe Azerbaijan’s future should be in the community of democracies, but the detention of political prisoners, such as activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, undermines that path. Azerbaijan should release Hajiyev and other political prisoners immediately." View the tweet here.