On 23 March 2026, a side event held on the margins of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC61) in Geneva brought urgent attention to the worsening human rights situation in Azerbaijan and the growing pattern of...

Civic Solidarity Platform Speaks Out Against Increased Pressure on Emin and Mehman Huseynov The Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) has formally condemned the increasing persecution of Azerbaijani human rights advocate Emin Huseynov and the death threats against his brother, journalist Mehman Huseynov....

The crackdown on independent media in Azerbaijan has gotten worse inside the Baku Investigative Detention Center. Family members say that women held regarding the Meydan TV case now face threats and isolation arranged by prison leaders. Dilruba Amanova, mom of journalist...

Fatima Movlamli, a journalist detained under the “Meydan TV case,” has written a piece from the Baku Pre-trial Detention Center regarding the anniversary of her arrest. We present the text as follows: “The final days of February 2025. The second wave...

The crackdown on media that is not state-controlled in Azerbaijan has reached a worrying new level. It now involves using artificial intelligence and direct threats against the relatives of journalists who are already in jail. Ulviyya Ali (Guliyeva), a journalist...

The media scene in Azerbaijan is seeing a troubling mix of personal tragedy and legal fights. Shamshad Agha and Mustafa Hajibeyli, two important people in the country's media, are dealing with difficult situations that show the stress on voices that...

At places like the Munich Security Conference, leaders act polite, but there's often hidden intimidation. The government of Azerbaijan sees these meetings as places to threaten people using coded language, like a mafia. The incident with human rights advocate Emin...

A troubling situation has emerged from the Baku Investigative Detention Center (BIDC). Javid Ramiz oglu Gulaliyev, a top deputy chief, has become known as a symbol of abuse. People held in the jail say he acts like he believes he...

The Munich Security Conference (February 13–15) usually hosts important talks on global strategy. But the 2026 meeting saw a tense face-off between Azerbaijan's leaders and a journalist in exile. The Aliyev government treated the conference as a carefully planned PR...

The Munich Paradox: Diplomacy and the Personal Attack The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is known as a place where global leaders meet to talk about world stability. But between February 13 and 15, 2026, the conference showed something different: how a...