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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan
19 June: Beating Retreat – Digital Freedom in Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan
Index on Censorship will bring some of Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan’s foremost journalists and digital freedom advocates to Brussels. Join us to hear what has been happening on the frontlines in the Black Sea region and to consider what we should learn from these experiences?
Azerbaijan: Journalist jailed for critical Facebook posts
An Azerbaijani journalist, who spoke critically of the authorities on social media, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
Art for Democracy: Artistic freedom of expression in Azerbaijan
As Azerbaijan is about to assume the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, a new report details cases of violations of the right to artistic freedom of expression over the past three years in the country. According to the...
Revealed: The British exports that crush free expression
The Arab Spring has not stopped Britain from helping crush free expression by selling crowd control ammunition to authoritarian states including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Alex Stevenson reports
Five things to remember about Azerbaijan
The sentencing of eight youth activists this week is just the latest addition to a long list of human rights abuses by Azerbaijani authorities
Azerbaijan — Atlético Madrid’s authoritarian friends
We should enjoy the football and praise the players, but we owe it to brave Azerbaijanis to ask some tough questions about Atlético’s relationship with Ilham Aliyev’s repressive regime, Padraig Reidy writes
Letter: Persecution of human rights defender Leyla Yunus
Minister Usubov Ramil Idris oglu Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Avenue 7 1005 Baku Republic of Azerbaijan Email: [email protected] Prosecutor General Zakir Bakir oglu Garalov Nigar Rafibayli street 7 1001 Baku...
The Guardian Journalism Award winner Azadliq
Azadliq has been named The Guardian Journalism Award winner.
Eight women who fought for freedom of expression in the last year
On International Women’s Day, we salute all the women around the world who stand up for freedom of expression
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.