> The former MNS (Ministry of National Security) employees had released businessmen after extorting AZN 80,000. On 12 April, Baku Military Court chairman Habib Hasanov presided over a hearing hosted by Sabunchu District Court in the criminal case of former head...

Summary: 2nd hearing > The public prosecutor read out the indictment bill; > Ali Insanov testified: I am in opposition to the government, not to the statehood; > Inmates Rovshan Salahov and Shunasib Aliyev and ex-inmate Anar Tahmazov, who are attesting witnesses in...

Ibrahim Mehdiyev, the head of Yasamal district executive power, behaved rudely towards freelance journalist and photo reporter Fargana Novruzova covering the protest rally against the demolition of Haji Javad Mosque in Yasamal district. The moment was caught by the journalist’s...

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) resolutely condemns today’s decision of the Court of Appeals in Baku, Azerbaijan to uphold on appeal the two-year prison sentence of Mehman Huseynov on charges of defamation. IRFS believes their chairman and...

> Lawyer Elchin Sadigov: We will file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Unless it is granted, we will turn to the European Court. On 12 April, Baku Court of Appeal announced the decision on the appeal filed against Surakhani District...