Index on Censorship today announces the shortlist for the 2009 Freedom of Expression Awards. The awards, presented in association with the...
Freedom of Expression Awards 2009 shortlist announced
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CATEGORY: Azerbaijan News
Satirist beaten in jail
Azerbaijani satirist and government critic Sakit Zakhidov, known by his pen name, Mirza Sakit, was brutally beaten in jail on 18 October, local...
Azerbaijan goes to polls with weakened media
President Aliyev’s tight grip on the press has severely damaged his country’s democracy, writes Vugar Gojayev Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan...
Opposition journalist in Azerbaijan attacked
Journalist Agil Khalil of the opposition newspaper Azadlig had an attempt made on his life on 7 May, when someone tried to push him under an...
Azerbaijan: Journalist beaten
Agil Khalilov, a reporter for the Azerbaijani daily paper Azadlig, was beaten whilst filming an illegal land sale. The perpetrators of the attack...
Reporters sentenced to hard labour
A court in Baku, Azerbijan, has sentenced two journalists to hard labour following their conviction for libel. The charges related to articles they...
Talk nice and behave yourself for the good of others
What was initially billed as a celebration of the importance of religious and cultural tolerance and understanding turned into something a bit...