Zaman editor-in-chief detained in media operation
Sunday’s Zaman Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Zaman daily, critical of the government, was detained on Sunday in a police operation that targeted journalists, TV script writers [more >>>]
Month: December 2014
Controversial bilingual education program to be changed
By INGA POPOVAITE Democracy and Freedom Watch TBILISI, DFWatch–The current bilingual education program does not serve its purpose, according to Armenians in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region [more >>>]
French edition about Aliyev regime: ‘‘This kleptocracy has usurped power and picked up vast resources of country’’
panorama.am Aliyev clan is trying to create for himself a Western type image, but behind this facade lays corruption, rigged elections, violations of human rights, [more >>>]
Azerbaijan imprisons an investigative journalist
By EDITORIAL BOARD The Washington Post The work of Khadija Ismayilova would be vital in any country but has been particularly courageous in Azerbaijan, the [more >>>]
Surge in Response over Jailing of Azerbaijani Journalist
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) International protests are set this week over the arrest of award-winning investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova amid widespread fears [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s 12 months of paralysing attacks on civil society
By REBECCA VINCENT (©Rebecca Vincent) Index On Censorship Twelve months ago Rebecca Vincent and Rasul Jafarov wrote for Index on Censorship magazine on a crackdown [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Repression in Azerbaijan must stop
CIVIC SOLIDARITY Article 19 A call to the Council of Europe to suspend Azerbaijan’s membership On 4 December, another famous civil society figure was arrested [more >>>]
The Two Faces of Azerbaijan’s Government
By ALTAY GOYUSHOV Foreign Policy Azerbaijan’s leaders like to pretend that they’re friends of the West. Time for a reality check. Azerbaijan’s most famous investigative [more >>>]
Arrest of journalist latest case of crackdown of free media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE Representative
OSCE Newsroom BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the arrest of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija [more >>>]
Jailed Azerbaijani Activist Says She Was Sexually Threatened
RFE/RL Azerbaijani service Jailed Azerbaijani activist Leyla Yunus has written a letter describing being harrassed by a group of young men who entered her Baku [more >>>]