Sevinj Vaqifqizi, the jailed editor of the Azerbaijan news source AbzasMedia, will receive the 2025 Anna Politkovskaya–Arman Soldin Award for Courage in Journalism. The award, announced at the Lille Higher School of Journalism in France, recognizes her loyalty to the...

The Baku Grave Crimes Court recently finished the cases against some Azerbaijani journalists and activists who live outside the country. On January 14, Judge Nigar Imanova said that Sevinc Osmanqizi (Mirzayeva), Abid Gafarov, and Beydulla Manafov would each get eight...

Things got pretty serious at the Toplum TV case hearing on January 12. Judge Azer Taghiyev led the session at the Baku Grave Crimes Court, but a defendant's poor health and questions about the evidence stole the show. The big issue...

In a recent interview with Meydan TV, Azerbaijani activist and journalist Mehman Huseynov revealed a disturbing campaign of sexual blackmail allegedly backed by the government, intended to silence his criticisms of the government. Huseynov claims the State Security Service (SSS) put...

The ongoing legal proceedings in the "Toplum TV case" took a significant turn during the latest hearing at the Baku Grave Crimes Court on December 29. Presided over by Judge Azer Taghiyev, the session focused on the testimony of witnesses...

The Meydan TV case hearing at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes saw an unexpected turn on December 22. Imprisoned journalists used the indictment reading as an opportunity to stage a musical protest. They sang new lyrics to a well-known...

A preparatory hearing in the Meydan TV case was held on December 12 at the Baku Court for Grave Crimes, chaired by Aytan Aliyeva. According to activist Kamran Mammadli, who was observing the proceedings, a large number of convoy guards lined...

Journalist Shamshad Aga, the editor-in-chief of arqument.az, who is currently detained in the "Meydan TV case," has written a letter from Baku Investigation Isolator regarding the arrest of Ali Karimli. We present the letter as is: "I strongly condemn the...

Shamsad Agha, a journalist arrested in the "Meydan TV case" and the chief editor of the arqument.az website, has written a letter from the Baku Investigation Isolator regarding Ali Karimli's arrest. We present the letter as it is: “I resolutely...

Arzu Abdullayeva, who heads the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA) Azerbaijan National Committee and has received international awards, has formally asked President Ilham Aliyev to release the 12 arrested Meydan TV journalists. In her request sent before the court hearing on December...