On 14 July, the Azerbaijani parliament definitively adopted amendments tightening the country’s media law, which already ...

Azerbaijan has one of the world's worst records on media freedom according to a ranking by Reporters Without Borders -- and it could get worse. A new media law will put even further constraints on ...

"The law protects media independence, freedom of speech and does not impose any sanctions or restrictions," Aydin Mirzazade, a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, told VOA earlier this year.

A set of controversial amendments to Azerbaijan's media law have been passed by the parliament and sent to President Ilham Aliyev's office for final approval, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.

Amnesty International, Article 19, Human Rights Watch and International PEN believe that these legislative changes, if adopted, would have a severe, negative impact on civil society and the media ...

Independent journalists in Azerbaijan are protesting the law and calling for its repeal, saying it obstructs their ability to work and gives the government too much control over the media.

New media law amendments passed by Azerbaijani lawmakers recently will let courts close a media outlet for two months if its editor is a foreigner, or does not have a higher education. Similar action ...

The difference in Azerbaijan is the formalization of the process, and the fact that there are very few outlets that aren’t subject to the instructions. Until the 2000s, media was relatively diverse in ...

Azerbaijan. Politics. No one should doubt that new legislation on media in Azerbaijan will meet modern developments - Azerbaijani Media Dev't Agency. Politics Materials 26 January 2022 15:13 (UTC ...

Azerbaijan has carried out an “escalating crackdown” on government critics and activists over the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch and Freedom Now.

Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry says seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been detained after a Monday raid on its office ...