On the eve of the opening ceremony, foreign journalists and rights activists have been banned from reporting on the Baku Games. Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to allow civil society groups and journalists from at home and abroad to report freely
Don’t be fooled by the fact that journalists in Azerbaijan have been jailed, beaten, killed, and forced into hiding and exile, and their foreign colleagues banned from entering the country: Ilham Aliyev is all about media freedom
What might have happened when the leader of the world’s largest state met the leader of the world’s smallest?
Both organisations have been highly critical of President Ilham Aliyev’s government, and its targeting, jailing and prosecution of activists and journalists
Despite the ongoing government crackdown on investigative journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, foreign manpower has played a significant role in making Baku 2015 a reality
Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien got on an injunction on the reporting of a speech in parliament regarding his private banking relationships
On the day of the Baku European Games opening ceremony, join Index on Censorship, Sport for Rights, Amnesty International UK, Article 19 and Platform for a demonstration calling for an end to the human rights crackdown in Azerbaijan
If we are to imagine free speech as a defining value of democracy (as David Cameron has said he does) then we cannot just choose which free speech we will defend and which we will not (as David Cameron has said he wants to)
The idea that the government should have a role in assessing content before it is broadcast should set alarm bells ringing, writes Jodie Ginsberg
I was reminded of poet Carolyn Forché and her concept of witness when I read the reactions to the court decision that would finally allow pianist James Rhodes to publish his memoir, Instrumental