Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 30 June-7 July
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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan News
Azadliq: “We are working under the dual threat of government harassment and financial insecurity”
On 14 June, Qasid, an Azerbaijan’s state-owned media distributor warned that it will shut down the 2014 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award-winning newspaper Azadliq
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 2-16 June
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union
Azerbaijan: Why Formula One fans are paying attention for all the wrong reasons
As Formula One fans prepare for the Baku Grand Prix on Sunday, Index on Censorship looks at the country’s dismal human rights record
Who is investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova?
One of Azerbaijan’s most celebrated journalists, Ismayilova’s investigative reports included, among other things, exposing Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses and the corruption involving the family of president Ilham Aliyev
Mapping Media Freedom: Two years of uncovering attacks on Europe’s press
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Mapping Media Freedom marks second year of monitoring censorship in Europe
Journalists have been murdered and burned in effigy. Reporters have been publicly discredited by government officials, prosecuted for under anti-terrorism laws
Azerbaijan: Appeal date announced for jailed investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova
Khadija Ismayilova, one of Azerbaijan’s most celebrated journalists, will be given the opportunity to appeal against the decision by the Baku Court of Appeal to imprison her
Azerbaijan: Independent media under unprecedented attack
The Sport for Rights coalition calls for the Azerbaijani authorities to take immediate and concrete steps to cease this persecution of the independent media, starting with the unconditional release of Khadija Ismayilova and Azerbaijan’s other political prisoners.
Azerbaijan: Akram Aylisli faces further charges after sending letter to president
The case against Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli, who previously faced charges of hooliganism after being detained at Baku Haydar Aliyev International Airport on 30 March