Freedom and Repression

Authorities turned away activists and journalists attempting to visit imprisoned OCCRP partner Khadija Ismayilova on Monday,...

Former US Rep. Dan Burton (R-Indiana) resigned as chairman of the Azerbaijan America Alliance on Mar. 1 saying he has not...

Kazakh authorities have questioned two journalists, Seytkazy Matayev and his son Aset Matayev, in connection with alleged...

In a Jan. 28 letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, US Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) said that the continued...

Either Romanian prisons are unusually rich in literary talent or somebody is scamming the system, the AP reports.

Lawyer Fariz Namazli confirmed Thursday that Amal Clooney will represent Khadija Ismayilova at the European Court of Human...

Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, today expressed concerns about the freedom of expression in...

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has offered to represent imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija...

Irina Bokova, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), owns...

Turkey’s main opposition party leader, Sezgin Tanrıkulu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) rebuked President Recep...

Three imprisoned journalists in Azerbaijan—Khadija Ismayilova, Gilal Mamedov, and Parviz Gashimli—demanded amnesty from the...

A Baku prosecutor demanded a guilty sentence and 7 years imprisonment for journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, a correspondent for...