Dec 10 2024
Azerbaijan’s government has intensified its crackdown on independent media. Six journalists from Meydan TV, one of the country’s few remaining independent outlets, detained. Ministry of Interior Affairs claimed that Ramin Jabrayilzada [Deko], an independent reporter collaborating with Meyda TV, was at Baku airport on allegations of smuggling foreign currency. Authorities also detained five other journalists …
Mar 10 2023
Bakhtiyar Hajiyev has been on a hunger strike for 50 days to protest the criminal charges against him, which he alleges to be politically motivated. In Azerbaijan in recent years there has been an epidemic of leaks of private, personal content, often targeting opposition activists. It is unclear who is behind the channel, but in …