CURRICULUM VITAE – Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN’ I. Particulars Born on 4 November 1964 in Quimper Married to Dolores Dominguez Perez and father of 3 children of French and Spanish nationality French nationality II. Education and academic qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Law, University of...

France-based blogger Mahammad Mirzali's father Fazil Mirzaliyev has been summoned to Goychay Regional Police Department and then taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the blogger himself reports. According to the blogger, alongside with his father, his brother-in-law (his sister's...

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns the politically motivated sentencing of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli and demands his immediate release. Despite the completely fabricated evidence against him and outrageous circumstances of his arrest, the journalist, whom Azerbaijani intelligence...

At a hearing chaired by Judge Hummat Salimov, the prosecutor made his closing speech. He asked the court to sentence the journalist to 8 years in prison. In turn, the defence requested that Mukhtarli be acquitted. The court invited the...

A new criminal case has been initiated against jailed azel.tv website editor-in-chief Afgan Sadigov, as reported by the journalist’s family. The journalist will be sent to Jalilabad region from the prison and will be brought before the court. Lawyer...