The bilateral relations between the US and Azerbaijan have been hindered since 1992 due to the Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act of the US Congress, passed as a result of strong Armenian lobbyism in 1992, which prohibited direct US governmental assistance to Azerbaijan. Among those who suffered from Section 907 are the internally displaced people of this country.
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Mahnaz Ganji, of the University of Illinois at Springfield, was a 2002-03 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) [8] fellow.
