The world's spotlight has moved on from Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan is still beset by intimidation and violence, leading newspapers are under attack...
SNAPSHOTS – Photos From Azerbaijan (12 December)
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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan News
We must demand an end to the culture of impunity
On the eve of the International Day To End Impunity, we look back at the journalists intimidated, attacked and killed in 2013
Hooliganism, the dictator’s catch all crime
Former Soviet countries use the vague charge to crack down on protest and dissent, Padraig Reidy writes
Azerbaijan’s leading independent newspaper in danger
Azadliq, an independent Azerbaijani newspaper, is in danger of folding. The paper has come under severe economic pressure to silence its critical voice following the country’s presidential election. Andrei Aliaksandrau writes
Azerbaijan moves to post-election crackdown
Police raids offices of independent watchdog that reported on irregularities surrounding the recent Azerbaijani election
Locking up free expression: Azerbaijan silences critical voices
Intimidation, violence and media clampdown – free expression in Azerbaijan is under siege. The country’s record on free expression has undergone a marked deterioration in the run up to its presidential election.
Azerbaijan’s photographers: Facing arrest for capturing the raw truth
In the run up to Azerbaijan’s presidential election, authorities have showed open hostility to journalists, activists, ordinary citizens and artists. Rasul Jafarov and Rebecca Vincent look at some of the country’s courageous photojournalists, who document what life’s really like under President Ilham Aliyev
Five things Aliyev doesn’t want you to know about Azerbaijan’s presidential election
Although its government has been working hard to promote a positive image of Azerbaijan abroad, at home, it continues to crack down on citizens’ ability to exercise their basic rights and fundamental freedoms, Rebecca Vincent writes
Azerbaijan locks up journalists as it prepares for “election”
In the run-up to next week’s presidential elections, Index on Censorship travelled to Baku to meet journalists, human rights defenders, political activists, and citizens. Melody Patry reports
Fine words on open government don’t match actions
From America to Azerbaijan, leaders have pledged themselves to a new era of openness and transparency. So why are whistleblowers and journalists still punished, asks Mike Harris
Azerbaijan activists’ detention extended
Protesters face an extra three months in prison without trial. Padraig Reidy reports
In Azerbaijan, authorities use ‘Harlem Shake’ to silence activist
The recent arrest of Ilkin Rustamzadeh highlights how Azerbaijan’s authorities use trumped up charges to silence messages they are not comfortable with, blogger Ali Novruzov writes from Baku.
