Azerbaijan

March 6, 2025

Nine Women Journalists Spend International Women’s Day Behind Bars in Azerbaijan

March 06, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  On International Women’s Day 2025, nine women journalists in Azerbaijan marked the occasion not with celebration, but from behind bars—imprisoned […]
February 28, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Independent Journalists Intensifies with Latest Arrest

February 28, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijan intensified its ongoing crackdown on independent media by arresting Fatima Movlamli, the tenth journalist connected to the Meydan TV […]
February 26, 2025

Azerbaijani Journalist Afgan Sadigov Released on Bail in Georgia Amid Ongoing Extradition Dispute

February 26, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov was released from extradition custody in Georgia after the Tbilisi City Court granted a prosecutor’s request […]
February 24, 2025

Azerbaijani Journalist Nurlan Libre Arrested Amid Widening Crackdown on Independent Media

February 24, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijani journalist Nurlan Libre was arrested in connection with the ongoing “Meydan TV case,” marking another development in a harsh […]
February 21, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Media Crackdown Intensifies with Another Journalist Arrested

February 21, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijan’s tightening grip on independent journalism intensified in February 2025, as yet another journalist, Fikret Faramazoglu, was arrested in Baku—the […]
February 6, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Independent Journalists Intensifies Amid Politically Motivated Arrests

February 6, 2025 – Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan’s government has intensified its crackdown on independent media, with the recent arrests of two more journalists on smuggling charges, […]
February 5, 2025

Azerbaijan Intensifies Crackdown on Independent Media Amidst Unprecedented Arrests

February 5, 2025 – Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan’s government has escalated its repression of independent journalism, with the International Press Institute (IPI) condemning the recent arrests of […]
January 21, 2025

Azerbaijani Authorities File New Charges Against Toplum TV Journalists, Arrest Another Reporter

January 21, 2025 -Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijani authorities filed six additional charges against four journalists from the independent media outlet Toplum TV and arrested another reporter, Farid […]
January 17, 2025

Azerbaijan Arrests More Journalists in Widening Crackdown on Independent Media

January 17, 2025 – Azerbaijan –  Azerbaijani authorities arrested journalists Farid Ismayilov and Elmir Abbasov, intensifying an ongoing crackdown on independent media. The arrests are part […]