Comments on: Azerbaijan’s silenced voices

By: “Only Free Words Can Liberate Millions of Hearts And Minds From Fear And Corruption” | AZAD AZƏRBAYCAN - FREE AZERBAIJAN

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:39:52 +0000

[...] can read more about Khadija’s case here in Index on Censorship and here, in the Independent. Rate this:Share this:EmailDiggPrintShare on Tumblr Pin ItLike [...]

By: Selling Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2012 | AZAD AZƏRBAYCAN - FREE AZERBAIJAN

Selling Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2012 | AZAD AZƏRBAYCAN - FREE AZERBAIJAN — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:35:08 +0000

[...] Azerbaijan has aggressively courted foreign politicians and dignitaries. In 2009, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair accepted $143,000 for making a 20-minute speech in Azerbaijan praising the opening of a methanol power plant. State TV broadcast the press conference, and Blair later dined with Aliyev. (Blair’s spokesman said the event was a “one-off speaking engagement” and that the former Prime Minister has no commercial relationship with Aliyev.) Prince Andrew, whom the Azeri media have referred to as “the dear guest,” has visited Azerbaijan at least eight times since 2005. He came under fire in March 2011 for encouraging an MP to boost British business with Azerbaijan. Buckingham Palace defended the Prince’s actions, telling the Guardian that Andrew—then serving as the U.K.’s trade envoy—“tries to identify opportunities for British businesses in overseas markets.” Michael Harris, head of advocacy at the Index on Censorship and author of the report Azerbaijan’s Image Problem, [...]

By: Press Freedom Award 2012 to Malahat Nasibova, Azerbaijan

Press Freedom Award 2012 to Malahat Nasibova, Azerbaijan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:25 +0000

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By: mjr harris ltd – public affairs and campaigns for NGOs » Lobbying scandal: we used to imprison foreign agents – now we give them six-figure salaries

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:56:45 +0000

[...] behalf of autocratic foreign governments can persuade our MPs without declaring a thing. Recently, Index pointed out that all but one of the main sponsors of a Parliamentary Early Day Motion praising [...]

By: Idrak Abbasov wins Guardian journalism award | Index on Censorship

Idrak Abbasov wins Guardian journalism award | Index on Censorship — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:26:48 +0000

[...] Index’s most recent report Azerbaijan’s silenced voices is online now [...]

By: Azerbaijan: Index award winning journalist Idrak Abbasov brutally beaten | Index on Censorship

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:48:41 +0000

[...] Index’s recent report on Azerbaijan’s record on free speech, silenced voices, is available here. [...]

By: London, capital of spin | Index on Censorship

London, capital of spin | Index on Censorship — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:10:15 +0000