Azerbaijan

May 7, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Media Crackdown Intensifies with Two More Journalists Arrested

May 07, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  In early May 2025, Azerbaijani authorities arrested two independent journalists, Ulviyya Ali and Ahmad Mammadli, escalating the ongoing suppression of […]
April 29, 2025

Azerbaijan Faces International Calls to Release Detained Journalists and Activists

April 29, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijan is under mounting international pressure to release journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society activists detained in a recent […]
April 11, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Intensifying Crackdown on Independent Media and Civil Society

April 11, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  In 2025, Azerbaijan escalated its suppression of independent media and civil society, drawing sharp criticism from international human rights organizations. […]
April 8, 2025

Azerbaijani Authorities Clamp Down on Journalists with New Criminal Charges

April 08, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  In a further blow to media freedom in Azerbaijan, authorities have recently initiated legal actions against independent journalists, underscoring a […]
April 8, 2025

Detained Azerbaijani Journalist Farid Mehralizada Says Trial Is Politically Motivated

April 08, 2025 – Source: RFERL –  Detained Azerbaijani journalist and economist Farid Mehralizada testified in court on April 8 that his imprisonment was politically motivated, tied directly […]
March 25, 2025

Azerbaijani Journalist Afgan Sadigov Faces Inhumane Treatment in Tbilisi Prison Amid Extradition Threat

March 25, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Afgan Sadigov, an Azerbaijani journalist and editor-in-chief of the independent outlet Azel.TV has been detained in Tbilisi, Georgia, since August […]