Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI)
The Journalists’ Trade Union’s main goals are the protection of the social, economic and labour rights of people working in mass media and the development of the freedom of expression and press in Azerbaijan.
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS)
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is an organisation that monitors violence against journalists and violations of journalists’ rights in Azerbaijan.
Satirist beaten in jail
Azerbaijani satirist and government critic Sakit Zakhidov, known by his pen name, Mirza Sakit, was brutally beaten in jail on 18 October, local media activists have told Index on Censorship.
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Azerbaijan goes to polls with weakened media
President Aliyev’s tight grip on the press has severely damaged his country’s democracy, writes
Vugar Gojayev
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