Two musicians and the leader of a youth organisation were detained by police during a sanctioned rally in Azerbaijan. On Saturday, Camal Ali, the...
Azerbaijan: Musicians arrested and beatings reported at youth rally in Baku
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Azerbaijan: Four journalists arrested over Quba riots
Three senior employees of a TV station in Azerbaijan were arrested on 13 March. Vugar Gonagov, executive director; Zaur Guliyev, editor, and Zaur...
Dissent stirs in Azerbaijan
With the Eurovision Song Contest looming, Azerbaijanis are becoming more vocal in their demands for change, says Turgut Gambar
Azerbaijan: Journalist threatened with blackmail
An award-winning journalist in Azerbaijan has been threatened with blackmail. Khadija Ismayilova received photographs of an intimate nature with a...
Azerbaijan: Reporters injured while covering clashes
At least two journalists have been injured whilst covering violent clashes between police and residents in Azerbaijan. During protests calling for...
Journalism Nominees
Recognising investigative journalism of dogged determination across a range of media including print, online, radio and television, taking into...
Azerbaijan: newspapers fined for damaging businessman’s honour
Azerbaijani newspapers Yeni Musavat and Azadliq were fined 2000 manats (1,634 GBP) this week, they had been accused of damaging businessman Anar...
Azerbaijani activist freed
Azerbaijani Facebook activist Jabbar Savalan was released on 26 December after almost 11 months in prison. The teenager was released by presidential...
Azerbaijani human rights lawyer detained at Istanbul airport
An Azerbaijani human rights activist was detained for more than 24 hours at Istanbul airport on Tuesday evening. Intigam Aliyev was returning to...
Azerbaijan: Supreme Court upholds Bakhtiyar Hajiyev judgment
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upheld the sentence of a young activist and blogger on 6 December. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced to two...
Azerbaijan: dangerous words
This weekend’s stabbing of Rafiq Tagi is a stark reminder of just how risky it can be to write about politics or religion in Azerbaijan. Emin Milli, who was jailed after criticising the government, describes the dangers of speaking out
UPDATE: Index on Censorship is sad to report that Rafiq Tagi died from his wounds in hospital on 23 November
Azerbaijani journalist stabbed
Sanat newspaper editor Rafiq Tagi was stabbed on 19 November in Baku. He was said to be in a stable condition after several hours of surgery. In...
The government of Azerbaijan has curtailed the ability of its citizens to express dissent, expose corruption or press for respect of human rights.
