Aliyev signs law to muzzle press
The law creates a registry for all journalists, with opaque requirements for inclusion as well as benefits, including preferential mortgage rates.
Azerbaijani MP resigns from Press Council after lashing out at ‘lumpenproletariat’ journalists
Javanshir Feyziyev had recently had £5 million of assets confiscated by the UK government.
First Azerbaijani IDPs to return to Zangilan ‘in spring’
President Aliyev said that people would return to the newly reconstructed village of Aghali, in the Zangilan District, in the spring and the summer.
Man arrested for cutting down Turkish flag following manhunt in Baku
The Interior Ministry said Fuad Ismayilov had ‘disrespected the State Flag of the brotherly Republic of Turkey’.
Azerbaijani prosecutor: ‘No evidence’ that Tofig Yagublu beaten
Despite photos showing severe injuries, the prosecutor’s office dismissed the Azerbaijani activist’s request for a criminal investigation.
Four killed in renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Armenia reports three soldiers killed, two wounded, and Azerbaijan one soldier killed.
Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist on hunger strike injures self
Polad Aslanov, an independent journalist convicted of treason in 2019, reportedly slashed his arms after being denied a weekly phone call.
Slain general’s mother accuses Azerbaijani military officials of ordering his death
Polad Hashimov was killed during clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in July 2020.
Azerbaijan to adopt new media restrictions
Police broke up two protests by Journalists against the new law in front of parliament.
Turkish Prosecutor General closes investigation into death of Bayram Mammadov
According to the official forensic examination, Mammadov died by drowning.