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Azerbaijan: Azadlig journalist receives death threatDate:04/06/2009 Azadlig newspaper employee Vidadi Mammadov reported to the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) that on 2 June 2009, he received a death threat from an unidentified person...
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Thursday, 4 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AZERBAIJAN: Are officials striving to de-claw mass media outlets?Date:16/03/2009 As Azerbaijan prepares for a controversial March 18 referendum on lifting presidential term limits, pro-presidential lawmakers are gearing up to adopt a set of media law amendments that would stifle the ability of media outlets to critically examine government conduct, local media watchdogs say...
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Monday, 16 March 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Title Too LongDate:05/08/2009 ARTICLE 19 welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s recommendations as outlined in its concluding observations on Azerbaijan’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant)...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: ARTICLE 19 Condemns Conviction of Journalists for DefamationDate:27/07/2009 Two senior journalists were found guilty and sentenced to prison on defamation charges in a Baku district court on 22 July 2009...
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Monday, 27 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Civil society and the media out of immediate danger?Date:03/07/2009 ARTICLE 19 welcomes a decision on 30 June by the parliament of Azerbaijan, the Milli Mejlis, not to adopt the most restrictive proposals in a package of legislative amendments governing civil society and media...
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Friday, 3 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AZERBAIJAN: Council Of Europe Concerned About Azerbaijan's Foreign Radio Plan Date:02/12/2008 A leading European human rights body expressed concern today at proposals in Azerbaijan to halt foreign radio broadcasts in the tightly run ex-Soviet state...
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Tuesday, 2 December 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Court Defies European Court Instruction to Free Journalist Date:13/11/2010 The Azerbaijan Supreme Court has refused to abide by a binding European Court of Human Rights judgment to release a wrongfully imprisoned, outspoken journalist, Human Rights Watch said today...
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Saturday, 13 November 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AZERBAIJAN: Government to close channels for last remaining independent broadcasters in the countryDate:05/11/2008 ARTICLE 19 is concerned about a recent decision by the Azerbaijan National Television and Radio Council to effectively ban international radio stations from broadcasting on national frequencies...
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Wednesday, 5 November 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Halt Libel Case Against Rights DefenderDate:22/01/2009 The Azerbaijani government should immediately withdraw its libel case against the human rights activist Leyla Yunus, Human Rights Watch said today...
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Thursday, 22 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Imprisonment of Bloggers Politically MotivatedDate:12/11/2009 ARTICLE 19 condemns the prison sentences handed down to two internet journalists and youth activists, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, on 11 November 2009 on politically motivated “hooliganism” charges...
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Thursday, 12 November 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Journalist denied release for refusing to play volley-ball Date:24/09/2009 On the prison system’s recommendation, a judge has rejected a request for the early release of Ganimat Zahidov, the editor of the opposition daily Azadlig, on the grounds that he refused to take part in a volley-ball game in prison...
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Thursday, 24 September 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Letter regarding Emin Milli and Adan Hajizade Date:04/09/2009 Dear President Aliyev, ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression, Human Rights Watch and International PEN wish to express our profound concern regarding the arrest and pre-trial detention of Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, two Azerbaijani youth activists...
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Friday, 4 September 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Media face threats from revised lawDate:17/06/2009 The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is concerned about the proposed changes to the Azerbaijan Republic Law on Mass Media to be discussed in an extraordinary session of Mill Mejlis (parliament) on 19 June 2009...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AZERBAIJAN: Media Law Institute makes report on legal situation of mediaDate:13/10/2008 The Media Law Institutes next annual report on legal situation of media in Azerbaijan, is entitled Media law in Azerbaijan: important developments and tendencies, according to APA...
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Monday, 13 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Mirza Sakit Zahidov finally releasedDate:09/04/2009 Reporters Without Borders hails the release of Mirza Sakit Zahidov, a satirical poet and journalist employed by the opposition daily Azadlig, who received a pardon today from President Ilham Aliev...
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Thursday, 9 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AZERBAIJAN: New Azeri Media Law Changes Await President's Signature Date:11/03/2009 A set of controversial amendments to Azerbaijans media law have been passed by the parliament and sent to President Ilham Aliyevs office for final approval, RFE/RLs Azerbaijani Service reports...
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Professors Protest Detention of Bloggers in AzerbaijanDate:06/08/2009 An Azerbaijan blogger who studied political science in the United States is sitting in a prison cell in his home country for what family and professors say was an act of free speech...
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Thursday, 6 August 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Proposed Amendments Threaten Media, Civil SocietyDate:19/06/2009 The rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association are at serious imminent risk in Azerbaijan as the country’s parliament, the Milli Mejlis, this week deliberates on further restrictions on the media and civic organisations...
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Friday, 19 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Proposed Amendments Threaten Media, Civil SocietyDate:29/06/2009 The rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association are at serious imminent risk in Azerbaijan as the country’s parliament, the Milli Mejlis, this week deliberates on further restrictions on the media and civic organisations...
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Monday, 29 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Release of One Blogger Not Enough Date:18/11/2010 Today the Baku Court of Appeals released Hajizade 10 months early on parole...
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Thursday, 18 November 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Sham trial of two bloggers on trumped-up hooliganism chargesDate:16/09/2009 Reporters Without Borders urges Judge Araz Huseynov to heed the calls by human rights organisations and governments for the release of bloggers Adnan Hadji Zadeh and Emin Milli when they appear in court tomorrow for the second hearing in their trial on charges of hooliganism and “deliberate physical violence...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Two youth activists arrestedDate:20/07/2009 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the latest development in the continued clampdown against civil society and media activists in Azerbaijan...
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Monday, 20 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Supreme Court rejects bloggers' appeal: lawyerDate:21/08/2010 BAKU ; Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two jailed bloggers whose case has sparked international concern over freedom of speech in the ex-Soviet republic, their lawyer said Friday...
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Saturday, 21 August 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan Facebook activist convicted on 'trumped up' drugs charge after calling for 'Arab Spring'-style protestsDate:05/05/2011 Authorities in Azerbaijan must immediately release a member of an opposition youth organisation sentenced to two and a half years in prison on fabricated drug charges...
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Thursday, 5 May 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan goes to the polls with weakened mediaDate:16/10/2008 Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan has been an increasing source of concern during the last four years, with a sharp rise in violent attacks, intimidation and fatalities aimed at silencing the opposition and independent journalists...
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Thursday, 16 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan marks National Press DayDate:22/07/2009 It is timed to the day of the first publication of the Akinchi newspaper 134 years ago by Hasanbay Zardabi...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan should urgently improve the protection of freedom of expression, says Commissioner HammarbergDate:01/07/2010 Strasbourg...
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Thursday, 1 July 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijani Parliament makes changes to mass media lawDate:09/03/2009 The issue of changes and amendments to the mass media law was discussed at the parliament on Friday...
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Monday, 9 March 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Terry Davis calls Azerbaijani powers to review cases of imprisoned journalistsDate:12/02/2009 CE Secretary General Terry Davis is concerned over the number of journalists imprisoned in Azerbaijan and calls on the country leadership to review their cases, says the official website of the Council of Europe...
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Thursday, 12 February 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
AzerbaijanDate:18/11/2010 Domestic, regional and international obligations relating to freedom of expression in Azerbaijan…
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Thursday, 18 November 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan (Application no 40984/07) [ECrtHR] Date:13/05/2010 Azerbaijan guilty of wrongfully sentencing journalist to prison…
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Thursday, 13 May 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Free Expression Under Attack: Azerbaijan's Deteriorating Media Environment: SEPTEMBER 2010Date:25/10/2010 Report on deteriorating freedom of expression in Azerbaijan…
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Monday, 25 October 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Mahmudov amd Agazade v Azerbaijan [2008] ECHRDate:15/04/2011 The applicants are Azerbaijani nationals, an editor and a journalist for the newspaper, Müxalifat. The applicants' complaint related to their conviction conviction and sentencing…
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Friday, 15 April 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan [2010]Date:21/04/2011 The applicant, Fatullayev, is the founder and chief editor of two newspapers, the newspapers were widely known for regularly publishing articles harshly criticising the Government and various public officials...
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Thursday, 21 April 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey (2008)UNESCO: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of development practitioners, civil society, academics, the media and governments...
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Thursday, 12 January 2012Last Modified:
Friday, 13 January 2012
PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS FROM VIOLENCE CommDH/IssuePaper(2011)3 Issue Papers are commissioned and published by the Commissioner for Human Rights, to contribute to debate and reflection on important current human rights issues. Many of them also include Recommendations by the Commissioner for addressing the concerns identified...
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012Last Modified:
Tuesday, 17 January 2012