Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
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Azerbaijan: Authorities refuse to investigate attack on journalists
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...
Azerbaijan blacklists 77 newspapers
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...
Free Eynulla Fatullayev
Rights campaigners in London protest against continued persecution of jailed editor
Azerbaijan: Journalists’ notes and footage confiscated
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...
European court orders release of Azeri editor
Judges says Azerbaijan should free journalist Eynulla Fatullayev — Azeri officials announce they will appeal the ruling. Vugar Gojayev reports from Baku
Azerbaijan: Authorities clamp down on protesters
On April 14, 47 members of the opposition Musavat (Equality) Party were detained for participating in a demonstration in Baku, in the first political rally ahead of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary elections in November 2010. Demonstrators carried...
Azerbaijan: Editor’s drug trial begins
Eynulla Fatullayev goes on trial on “trumped up” drugs charges while the European Court examines previous charges. Vugar Gojayev reports from Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan: Editor Eynulla Fatullayev loses appeal
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has lost an appeal against his drugs conviction. Baku Appellate Court dismissed Fatullayev's plea to have his sentence reduced by two months. Fatullayev had the term of his detention prolonged by eight...
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.