On 14 February a journalist for the Azerbaijani newspaper Bizim yol was savagely attacked outside the President's residence. A policeman dressed in plain clothes attacked the journalist while he was recording protesters who had assembled near the...
This morning Baku's Appeal Court ordered the release of blogger Adnan Hajizade, he had served half of his two-year sentence on controversial charges of hooliganism. His co-defendent, blogger, Emin Abdullayev – known as Milli, remains in prison...
Ahead of a key poll, Azerbaijani journalists join jailed editor Eynulla Fatullayev on hunger strike. Vugar Gojayev
Read our new report Azerbaijan: Free expression under attack
Azerbaijan report launch Free expression under attack. 28 October. Free Word Centre, London
Observers including Index on Censorship’s Natasha Schmidt report on the country’s deteriorating media environment
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
Security guards who attacked two journalists may go unpunished after authorities refused to investigate the case. Elmin Badalov and Anar Gerayly were beaten by a wealthy businessman's private security guards on 28 July. The two newspaper reporters...
The Azerbaijan Press Council have published a blacklist of 77 newspapers. They accuse the newspapers of racketeering and publishing articles affecting people's honour. The blacklist, which is available online, lists the founder and editor-in-chief...
On 6 May, video footage was confiscated from Norwegian journalists in Azerbaijan. Television reporter Erling Borgen and cameraman Dag Inge Dahl were investigating the case of editor Eynulla Fatullayev--- jailed in 2007 for an article deemed...
Judges says Azerbaijan should free journalist Eynulla Fatullayev — Azeri officials announce they will appeal the ruling. Vugar Gojayev reports from Baku