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Spotlight: Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law

Khadija Ismayilova: The face of Azerbaijani defiance

16 March 2019
IFEX

Harassment, public humiliation and 7 years of prison: The price Khadija Ismayilova paid for exposing her government's most peculiar business practices.

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law

Mehman Huseynov: The price of resistance

Abducted, tortured and sent to jail on trumped up slander charges, Mehman Huseynov's ordeal is emblematic of how Azerbaijan treats its dissident voices.

‎ ‎ 2 March 2019

Azerbaijan Access to Information Free Expression & the Law

Renewed calls for release of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli

Kidnapped in Georgia in 2017 and transported back to Azerbaijan, Mukhtarli was convicted on dubious charges and sentenced to six years in prison.

‎ Index on Censorship‎25 January 2019

Azerbaijan Attacks Free Expression & the Law

Support for Mehman Huseynov: Protests on the streets, in the prisons and from European institutions

IFEX members have been among those calling for the charges against Huseynov to be dropped and for him to be unconditionally released.

‎ By Cathal Sheerin for IFEX ‎21 January 2019

Latest from Azerbaijan

Letter: International community must pressure Azerbaijan to ensure the life, health and rights of Mehman Huseynov

‎ Index on Censorship

Azerbaijan Attacks Free Expression & the Law 14 January 2019
ECtHR rules that Azerbaijan violated Khadija Ismayilova's rights to privacy and free expression

‎ ARTICLE 19

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law Gender 12 January 2019
IFEX member Mehman Huseynov begins hunger strike in protest at new charges

‎ By Cathal Sheerin for IFEX

Azerbaijan Attacks Free Expression & the Law 4 January 2019
Azerbaijan: Denationalisation being used as a tool to stifle freedom of expression

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), IFEX

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 24 September 2018
Illiberal democracies: Awash in media without plurality

‎ Index on Censorship

Access to Information Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia Turkey Russia Censorship Ukraine 26 August 2018
Azerbaijani activist Ilgar Mammadov: Released but not free

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 16 August 2018
Jamal Ali: Azerbaijani rapper, rocker, activist, journalist… and unrepentant critic

‎ IFEX

Azerbaijan Attacks Censorship 3 June 2018
Azerbaijan calls snap general election whilst cracking down on rights

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 7 February 2018
Another wave of trials in Azerbaijan

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Azerbaijan Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 14 December 2017
Fikret Huseynli is second journalist to be arrested on Interpol red notice

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Azerbaijan Ukraine Free Expression & the Law 18 October 2017
IFEX calls for Mehman Huseynov's freedom

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Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 28 September 2017
In "unprecedented and bold" step, Azerbaijan faces legal action for defying European Court

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 26 September 2017
Azerbaijan: Independent news director Mehman Aliyev jailed

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 28 August 2017
Leyla & Arif Yunus

‎ IFEX

Azerbaijan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 11 August 2017
IRFS condemns "politically-motivated" verdict against "Azadliq" executive director Faig Amirli

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 30 July 2017
Azerbaijan crackdown on media becomes dramatically more brutal

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 8 June 2017
Georgia must act on illegal abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli

‎ IFEX

Azerbaijan Georgia Impunity Free Expression & the Law 7 June 2017
Abducted journalist to face prosecution in Azerbaijan

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Azerbaijan Georgia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 1 June 2017
A World Press Freedom Day call to free Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov

‎ IFEX

Azerbaijan 3 May 2017
Investigate corruption allegations linking PACE and Azerbaijan

‎ ARTICLE 19, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, Index on Censorship

Azerbaijan Access to Information Attacks 20 April 2017
Tweet for the release of jailed Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov

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Azerbaijan 12 April 2017
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with upheld conviction of prominent blogger

‎ IFEX

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 3 March 2017
Twelve years on, still no justice for murdered Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Huseynov

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Impunity 3 March 2017
Azerbaijani authorities continue to hound independent journalists

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Azerbaijan Attacks Free Expression & the Law 23 February 2017
Azerbaijan IFEX member faces prosecution

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 10 February 2017
Azerbaijani court jails religious scholar for 20 years and journalist for 10

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law 30 January 2017

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani human rights defenders were targeted in a spearphishing campaign, in attempts to install malware on their devices and track their online activity

Freedom House 15 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Azerbaijan

The parliament tightened legal restrictions on media freedom, broadening the scope of existing criminal defamation legislation in November and amending martial law in December to expand permissible information controls.

Freedom House 28 April 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Azerbaijan

Rasim Aliyev, an independent reporter and acting chair of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), died in August after being severely beaten; it remained unclear at year’s end whether the assailants’ motive was connected to Aliyev’s journalistic work.

Freedom House 23 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: Azerbaijan

Intimidation and self-censorship rises amid increases in arrests and detentions of online journalists

Freedom House 31 October 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: Azerbaijan

Ranked 188th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

Freedom of the Press 2014: Azerbaijan

Ranked 183rd in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2014

Freedom in the World 2014: Azerbaijan

Social networks used to sidestep government censorship and mobilize protesters

Freedom House 1 May 2014

Attacks on the Press in 2013: Azerbaijan

"Restrictive laws target free expression online"

Committee to Protect Journalists 11 February 2014

World Press Freedom Index 2014: Azerbaijan

Ranked 160th in annual press freedom index

Reporters Without Borders 31 January 2014

World Report 2014: Azerbaijan

Authorities lay narcotics and weapons possession, hooliganism, and treason charges against critical journalists

Human Rights Watch 22 January 2014

Opinion No.222: Implementation of the Council of Europe Commitments in the field of fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan

The current document is a preliminary version of the groundbreaking review of the implementation of the Council of Europe commitments vis-à-vis fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan. The final version of the report will be launched in October, during fourth session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety 25 June 2013