The President of Voice of America Michael Abramowitz is asking for the release of Ulviyya Ali, a journalist from Azerbaijan. It has been one year since Ulviyya Ali was taken into custody by the authorities in Azerbaijan. Michael Abramowitz is very...

The United States Senate has made a decision. They have agreed on a resolution that says the government of Azerbaijan should let some journalists out of prison now. This decision was made to go with World Press Freedom Day. The...

Akif Gurbanov is in jail. He is not giving up. He is the head of the Institute for Democratic Initiatives. He speaks for the III Republic Platform. Akif Gurbanov has been writing about the things that are happening to him...

Polad Aslanov, a journalist who's in prison has been put in a solitary cell after a fight in prison. People are really worried about how he's being treated. This is because he was put in this cell after another prisoner...

Five journalists who are part of the big "Meydan TV case" did something really brave in a Baku courtroom on May 1. They stood on their chairs in front of Judge Ayten Aliyeva. Shouted slogans that people outside the courtroom...

Ilgar Aliyev, a 54-year-old cybersecurity expert and strategic advisor, passed away in Azerbaijan’s Prison No. 13 on May 1, 2026. His death occurred only 72 hours before a scheduled court hearing concerning his request for early release. Although the Ministry...

He was speaking at an important hearing at the Baku Grave Crimes Court on April 28. Imran Aliyev is the head of a website called Meclis.info that watches what the government is doing. He told the court about the treatment...

The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on World Press Freedom Day shows a picture of the media world. For the first time in 25 years more than half of the 180 countries checked have...

United Nations representatives and working groups recently contacted the government of Azerbaijan to discuss the imprisonment and reported mistreatment of female journalists working for the independent news outlet Abzas Media. High-level officials like Mary Lawlor, Irene Khan, and Alice Jill...

Ramil Babayev, who works at the Institute for Democratic Initiatives and is now in prison because of the "Toplum TV case" is writing to us from the Baku Pre-Trial Detention Center. In April some news spread in the detention center. Ahad...