media crackdown

Meydan TV case trial begins in Azerbaijan as court rejects most defence motions

Azerbaijan

December 15, 2025

During the hearing, numerous motions were submitted regarding the defendants’ detention conditions, holding an open trial, changes to pre-trial detention, and other issues.

Azerbaijan: Detained journalists report physical abuse

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

They claim that the head of the convoy at the Baku Court of Appeals pushed and kicked journalists while escorting them to the courtroom or back to the holding cells.

First Azerbaijan–US think-tank forum: participants, significance and criticism

Azerbaijan

November 21, 2025

Azerbaijan’s analysts fall into three groups — exiled experts, Soviet-era researchers and state-funded GONGOs — making independent, influential analysis hard to achieve.

Euronews opens Baku bureau as local journalists say authorities see it as no ‘threat’

Azerbaijan

November 19, 2025

Azerbaijani independent journalists see this as a continuation of the authorities’ crackdown on independent media.

Who owns newly opened Euronews office in Baku?

Azerbaijan

November 19, 2025

In the past two years, around 30 journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan, and local offices of the BBC, Reuters, Voice of America, and Bloomberg have been shut down.