The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is outraged by today’s sentencing of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli to three months pre-trial detention following his cross-border abduction, orchestrated by the Azerbaijani authorities. Today, a Baku court sentenced Mukhtarli to three months...

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli has been kidnapped in Tbilisi and brought to Baku, as he told his lawyer Nemat Karimli in a phone call. Yesterday evening, Afgan Mukhtarli parted with his friends to go home, but he never made it there....

Today, Baku Grave Crimes Court, chaired by Judge Eldar Mikayilov, held another hearing for jam.az website editor-in- chief Fikrat Faramazoglu. At the beginning of the proceeding, the court announced the results of the expert examination. According to the findings, the...

Shirvan Court of Appeal has upheld the Jalilabad Regional Court decision issued against the azel.tv website founder and editor, Afgan Sadigov. Speaking at the proceeding, lawyer Elchin Sadigov assessed the case as fabricated. “The medical certificates on the victim are...

Today, Baku Grave Crimes Court held a hearing on the criminal case of Fuad Ahmadli, a member of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP). The hearing was presided over by Judge Fikrat Garibov. Several witnesses testified at the proceeding. According to...

The police in Gazakh have detained Gazakh-based freelance journalist Nijat Amiraslanov. The journalist is accused of resistance against the police. He was detained in the evening hours on 22 May, as reported by lawyer Elchin Sadigov. On 23 May, Gazakh...

At the Baku Court of Appeal, under the chairmanship of Vugar Mammadov, a meeting was held on the appeal of NIDA member Giyas Ibrahimov. At the end of last year, the Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced Ibragimov to 10 years...

The Council of Europe’s Legitimacy at Stake over Azerbaijan’s Persistent Non-compliance with European Court Judgment Today three years have passed since the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment on the case of political prisoner Ilgar Mammadov, concluding that...

In the Sabail District Court, under the chairmanship of Ayten Aliyeva, a preparatory meeting on the case of the financial director of the newspaper Azadlig, Faig Amirli, began. Attorneys at the embassies of the United States, France, the Federal Republic of...

Elgiz Gahraman's verdict remains in force The trial in the Baku Court of Appeal on the complaint of NIDA member Elgiz Gahraman on the verdict of the trial court began with a small delay and with a large gathering of...