On May 15, 2025, Meydan TV marked its 12th anniversary amid an ongoing crackdown on its staff and affiliates. From prison, the outlet’s editor-in-chief Aynur Elgunesh (Gambarova) addressed a public letter denouncing what she describes as a fabricated criminal case...

Relatives and colleagues of Elvin Mustafayev, a detained member of the “Workers’ Table” Confederation of Trade Unions, say they have not received any information about him for more than a week. On May 14, the “Workers’ Table” issued a statement reporting...

On May 15, 2025, the Baku Court of Appeal partially granted the petition submitted by the lawyer of Teymur Karimov, head of the internet television channel Kanal11. As a result, Karimov’s prison sentence was reduced from 8 years to 7...

On May 13, 2025, a new hearing was held at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes regarding the “Abzas Media case.” The session was chaired by Judge Rasim Sadikhov, and during the proceedings, all case documents were formally acknowledged as...

Haji Valiyev, a participant in the Second Karabakh War and the imprisoned chairman of the “Young Veterans” Public Union, has been taken to Republican Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 for a medical examination. According to a statement posted on the public union’s...

Imprisoned human rights defender Bashir Suleymanli, head of the Institute for Civil Rights, reported that his concerns regarding detention conditions have been addressed. On May 9, he informed his relatives that the issue he had previously raised had been resolved. Earlier,...

On May 8, 2025, the Binagadi District Court imposed a four-month pretrial detention measure on public activist and founder of Yoldash Media, Ahmad Mammadli. He is being prosecuted under Articles 126.2.4 (deliberately inflicting serious harm to health) and 221.3 (hooliganism...

Human-rights defender and executive director of the "Defense Line" human-rights organization, Rufat Safarov's preliminary investigation has been completed. According to a report, Rufat Safarov and his defense team are currently reviewing the criminal case. Rufat Safarov’s criminal case will be sent to...

On the evening of May 6, 2025, public and political activist Ahmad Mammadli was detained by officers from the Binagadi District Police Department. According to reports from his relatives and fellow activists, Mammadli was subjected to violence during his detention...