Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the events of the past 12 months, yet another year of challenges to human rights around the world
A year in freedom of expression
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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan
Too much news?
It has been a busy week for news headlines. It is the role of Index is to make sure that the stories of dissidents are not ignored or forgotten
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK and Transparency International UK urge Azerbaijan to lift journalist’s travel ban
Azerbaijan authorities should lift a travel ban against award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, UK-based rights groups urged on 15 January.
Urgent reforms needed to protect journalists from vexatious legal threats: Index on Censorship
The UK should make it harder for powerful individuals and companies to bring libel actions or use other vexatious legal threats designed to stifle investigative journalism, Index on Censorship said on Friday.
Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom: Policy recommendations for Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
Governments and the EU must take a stronger stand for media freedom, a new Index report on media freedom in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine argues
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 3 incidents in Azerbaijan in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 3 incidents in Azerbaijan in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations August 2019
There were 2 incidents in Azerbaijan in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 5 incidents in Azerbaijan in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Trolls and insults: Azerbaijan’s exiled media increasingly under fire
After the total capture of the media environment inside the country, the government of Ilham Aliyev has turned its attention to silencing critics in exile.
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations June 2019
There were 2 incidents in Azerbaijan in June 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Project Exile: Wife of kidnapped Azerbaijani journalist puts her career on hold to campaign for her husband’s release
Leyla Mustafayeva is an Azerbaijani journalist and the wife of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was kidnapped in Georgia in May 2017 and later imprisoned in Azerbaijan
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.
