Eminent opposition journalist Seymur Haziyev was abducted and beaten on Saturday night (26 March). He was attacked by six masked men and tortured for two hours. The contents of his laptop were scrutinised and his two telephones were taken from him....
Abbas Atilay, a journalist working for Radio Free Europe's Azerbaijani service, was reportedly attacked whilst covering Friday's protests in Baku. Demonstrators were demanding the resignation of President Ilham Aliyev and the release of journalists...
Fifty protesters were arrested whilst taking part in anti-government demonstrations in central Baku on Saturday. The protests in Fountain Square attracted 200 members of the opposition Musavat party, but they were soon dispersed by the police. The...
Two youth opposition activists, Sakhavan Soltanli and Rashadat Akhundov, were detained in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Tuesday. On 4 March, youth activist and former parliamentary candidate, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, was detained and given a pre-trial...
Investigative reporting is a dangerous business in Azerbaijan. On the anniversary of Elmar Huseynov’s murder, Natasha Schmidt is among those gathered in Strasbourg to call for release of independent journalist Eynulla Fatullayev
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
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.