Azerbaijan

March 15, 2025 23:57

• Yerevan protesters demand UN intervention in fate of prisoners kept in Baku

  In order to defend their own principles, the UN must study the custody conditions of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept in Baku and assess their trial, activists in Yerevan have stated.

March 14, 2025 23:56

• Nagorno-Karabakh refugees ask Switzerland for help in returning to their homeland

  At a protest action held in front of the Swiss Embassy in Yerevan, refugees have expressed their hope that the Switzerland’s mediation can help Nagorno-Karabakh people return to their homeland.

March 14, 2025 22:55

• “Abzas Media” journalists achieve humanization of waiting conditions in court

  The journalists arrested in the case against the “Abzas Media” online publication resumed participation in the trial after a three-week break, since their demands regarding the conditions of transportation and detention in court were met.

March 14, 2025 20:40

• ECtHR recognizes violation of media employees’ rights by Azerbaijan

  The European Court of Human Rights has found that the rights of Faig Amirov, the former financial director of the “Azadlig” opposition newspaper, and Aytadj Tapdyg, a “Meydan TV” journalist, have been violated. The European Court has obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the journalists 14,500 euros in compensation.

March 13, 2025 21:48

• EU and rights defenders criticize verdict to Azerbaijani activist Yagublu

  Tofig Yagublu was convicted of criticizing corruption and human rights violations in Azerbaijan and should be released, like other arrested opposition figures and journalists, representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Amnesty International (AI) have stated.

March 10, 2025 20:33

• CoE adopts resolution on the cases of Khadidja Ismailova

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Azerbaijan to protect journalists from attacks, threats and harassment related to their professional work, having adopted a resolution "on a group of Khadidja Ismailova’s cases".

March 08, 2025 23:39

• Activists call for release of Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists

  The activists, who used to annually organize feminist actions in Baku on March 8, have abandoned the traditional march. They have called on the authorities to release the arrested Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists.

March 06, 2025 22:48

• European human rights defenders alarmed by persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan is among the countries in Europe with the highest number of journalists kept in prison, with 30 at the end of 2024, reports the Council of Europe (CE) Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists.

March 06, 2025 22:07

• EU educational programme suspended in Azerbaijan

  The termination of the Erasmus+ programme projects will negatively affect the country's educational sector, Parviz Bagirov, the head of the programme's office in Baku, believes.

March 04, 2025 23:39

• In Azerbaijan, critic of authorities sentenced to term of imprisonment in penal colony

  In Azerbaijan, a court sentenced blogger Arzu Sayadoglu to seven years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of extortion of money. The blogger, being well-known for criticizing the country’s authorities, called the charges fabricated.

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