Meydan TV case

EU annual report: 'serious problems' in Azerbaijan and 'serious restrictions' on fundamental freedoms

Azerbaijan-EU

August 13, 2026

The assessment of the situation in Azerbaijan in 2025 is critical but balanced.

Meydan TV trial: 'Journalists arrested, but not those behind financial dealings'

Azerbaijan

July 06, 2026

The Meydan TV trial resumed after a three-month break before a new panel of judges and a new state prosecutor.

Will PACE's message on human rights change anything in Azerbaijan?

Azerbaijan

June 26, 2026

The resolution brings together concerns over political prisoners, media freedom and ECHR judgments under the broader issue of shrinking civic space.

Public apology videos emerge as new pressure tactic in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

June 23, 2026

How apology videos work – and why almost anyone can become a target.

Azerbaijani Meydan TV journalists stage protest in a courtroom on World Press Freedom Day

Azerbaijan

May 01, 2026

Journalists held placards and chanted slogans to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May

Meydan TV trial in Azerbaijan: judge intervenes at mention of Heydar Aliyev’s name

Azerbaijan

April 05, 2026

At a hearing at Baku’s Serious Crimes Court, the defendants delivered free statements

Meydan TV case in Azerbaijan: 'If I wrote paid articles, I would choose local officials, not foreigners'

Azerbaijan

March 16, 2026

At the latest hearing in the Meydan TV case, the defendants rejected the charges brought by the investigation. Editor-in-chief Aynur Elgunes told the court that the journalists were under arrest because of their beliefs.

Azerbaijan: Meydan TV journalists report violence in pre-trial detention

Azerbaijan

February 20, 2026

Aysel Umudova, Khayala Aghayeva and Aytaj Tapdig report physical and psychological abuse in detention

Meydan TV case in Azerbaijan: ‘Ilham Aliyev couldn’t silence us – can you?’

Azerbaijan

February 16, 2026

Activist Amrah Tahmazov was forcibly removed from the courtroom after chanting “Freedom for Meydan TV!”

Trial in Meydan TV case in Azerbaijan: 'Implement resolution, free press!'

Azerbaijan

December 23, 2025

Journalists facing charges expressed their protest by performing a song in the courtroom.

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.

Imprisoned journalist: "You have to feel as if you’ve always been here"

Azerbaijan

September 17, 2025

Ulviya Ali has sent a letter describing a week in the life of a political prisoner. She writes about her days in the Baku detention centre, the process of adapting to prison conditions, her daily routine and her feelings

Meydan TV case: investigation completed, new charges filed and another person arrested

Azerbaijan

August 29, 2025

The detained journalists do not admit guilt and insist they are being persecuted for their professional work

“Our arrest proves that the Azerbaijani state acted on orders from Russia’s FSB,” writes the journalist

Political prisoners

August 21, 2025

"It was Sputnik that that first advanced the notion of our inevitable arrest and issued a kind of “fatwa.”"

"There are no independent media in Azerbaijan, and no one left to report injustice" –Ulviyya Ali's letter from prison

Azerbaijan

June 04, 2025

“Four tragedies involving young people point to a systemic problem. But independent journalists are in prison, and no one is left to draw attention to it,” writes a well-known journalist arrested in the ‘Meydan TV case’.

Azerbaijan: 63 people detained at Justice for Elgun protest

Arrests in Azerbaijan

June 02, 2025

It has been reported that all detainees had their phones confiscated, their passwords taken, social media accounts accessed, and fingerprints collected.

Mother of jailed Azerbaijani journalist: “Is my daughter supposed to die in prison?”

Arrests in Azerbaijan

May 30, 2025

Since her detention, the journalist has been reporting serious health issues. She says the effects of the violence inflicted on her during the arrest persist.

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