March 2 marks the 15th anniversary of the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov. On this day at 11.00 at his grave in the Yasamal cemetery of Baku a commemoration action was held. The event was organized by the Institute of...

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today welcomed the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and called on Azerbaijan to...

Event by the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety Azerbaijani parliamentary elections on the backdrop of journalists’ arrests and political prisoners Thursday, February 20, at 13h15 Room 532, Hofburg Congress Center The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety cordially invites you to our side...

President Aliyev said that the Council of Europe is ‘degrading’ and Azerbaijan will not comply with its requirements “The last resolution adopted in connection with Azerbaijan has no more value for us than a scrap of paper. We do...

The anti-corruption organisation Transparency Deutschland welcomes the investigation by the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt am Main into corruption allegations against Karin Strenz and Eduard Lintner. In March 2019, Transparency Germany filed criminal complaints against these current and former members...

Baku/06.02.20/Turan: For more than a week, a number of opposition news sites have been blocked in Azerbaijan. On January 31, the Facebook pages of the Musavat party, the youth organization Musavat, and the Basta newspaper were hacked. To this day, the Basta...

The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office in connection with the appeal of a candidate for deputy in the 31st Surakhani second district by blogger Mehman Huseynov about trying to bribe him by the election candidate Faraj Guliyev appealed to the CEC...