repressions in Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan in 2025: repression, human rights abuses and international agreements

Azerbaijan

January 02, 2026

This year saw significant changes within the government, while pressure on civil society continued.

Police detain 106 people in Baku raid targeting LGBTQ+ community

Azerbaijan

December 30, 2025

According to witnesses and those detained, police used violence against them, subjected them to degrading treatment, and issued threats.

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.

‘Public order’ as pretext: Azerbaijan’s recent legislative changes

Azerbaijan

December 22, 2025

Considered separately, the changes span different areas, but together they signal a new phase in the state’s punitive policy.

European Parliament resolution on Azerbaijan: 'Political prisoners must be released immediately'

Azerbaijan-EU

December 19, 2025

The document specifically highlights the arrests of academics, civil society activists, and opposition leaders.

What Azerbaijan’s plan to place internal troops under presidential control could mean

Azerbaijan

December 18, 2025

The opposition argues that this represents a dangerous expansion of presidential powers and could be used to suppress protests by force.

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.

Interrogations in Azerbaijan: experts warn of government plan to crash opposition

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

Pro-government media link the arrest of the PFA chairman to the Ramiz Mehtiyev case

HRW: 'Azerbaijan steps up campaign targeting critics abroad'

Opposition in Azerbaijan

November 28, 2025

HRW notes that those targeted are being punished for criticizing human rights violations by the authorities, and there is no evidence linking them to any illegal activity.

Letter from jailed Talysh researcher Igbal Abilov: 'Talysh language has been cornered'

Azerbaijan

October 29, 2025

He writes that to destroy a language, it is enough to erase it from all public spaces and isolate it from society.

Jailed Azerbaijani peace activist: 'They want to kill me'

Arrests in Azerbaijan

October 21, 2025

Peace activist Bahruz Samedov will spend a month and a half in solitary confinement in a correctional facility

Azerbaijan jails peace activist for 15 years: "This isn’t just Bahruz’s arrest – it’s a portrait of the regime"

Arrests in Azerbaijan

June 24, 2025

Bahruz Samadov stands accused of treason — a charge his lawyer says remains unproven

Police violence against minors in Azerbaijan: “Each was forced to pay a bribe”

Azerbaijan

June 24, 2025

In an audio recording released several days after the incident, one of the children can be clearly heard screaming in pain as police officers use obscene language

Abzas Media verdict: 59.5 years in jail for speaking the truth

Abzas Media case

June 20, 2025

Journalists and media staff from Abzas Media were convicted on spurious “smuggling” charges and handed prison sentences ranging from 7.5 years to 9 years

"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’.

Sexual harassment and brutality reported at Azerbaijan protest

Arrests in Azerbaijan

June 03, 2025

Minors were among those detained during the protest over Elgün Ibragimov’s 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.

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