The Death of Journalism in Azerbaijan

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan. But as President Ilham Aliyev casts critical journalists as enemies of the state, they continue to try to hold power to account — from exile, or even from behind bars.

Project

The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade

What do criminals say to each other when they think nobody can hear? The fall of Sky Global — an encrypted communications company that once promised limitless privacy — may give us our best-ever chance to find out.

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Russian Federation

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