World Report 2009: Azerbaijan
22 January 2009
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Recent articles in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani journalist faces 12 years in prison if convicted in foreign funding case
“Veteran journalist Shahnaz Baylargizi’s arrest underscores how Azerbaijani authorities are exploiting allegations of Western funding to silence leading independent voices” – CPJ
COP29: EU should hold Azerbaijan to account over rights abuses
“At least 15 Azerbaijani journalists have been arrested since November 2023 and currently await trial on charges that could see them jailed for between eight and 20 years. Thirteen of them remain in pre-trial detention.”
Azerbaijani authorities escalate attacks on critics and civil society
Azerbaijani authorities have used politically motivated, bogus criminal charges to prosecute and imprison activists, journalists, and human rights defenders ahead of COP29 in November.