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Free expression advocates protest Azerbaijan's legislative amendments

17 May 2013
Reporters Without Borders

The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan strongly condemns a series of repressive legislative amendments that Azerbaijan’s National Assembly adopted on 14 May 2013. The existing penalties for criminal defamation and insult have been extended to online content and public demonstrations.

Azerbaijan Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Azerbaijan’s Internet defamation bill inhibits free speech, group says

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety believes that recent amendments to the criminal code serve the purpose of having a chilling effect on critical bloggers and online activists, thus making citizens less active in the year of election.

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎14 May 2013

Azerbaijan World Press Freedom Day

Azeri journalists celebrate World Press Freedom Day

On 2 May, a meeting brought together representatives of popular print and electronic media in Azerbaijan, with heads of journalist organizations and government representatives.

‎Journalists' Trade Union‎ 2 May 2013

Azerbaijan Free Expression & the Law

Draft defamation bill threatens online critics with unpaid work in Azerbaijan

A draft bill proposed to the Parliament of Azerbaijan would provide for harsher criminal defamation penalties. If passed, the bill would punish ‘libel’ and ‘insult’ online with 480 hours of unpaid work.

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎ 2 May 2013

Latest from Azerbaijan

UN member states urged to hold Azerbaijan accountable for human rights abuses

‎ARTICLE 19, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Free Expression & the Law 29 April 2013
Politically motivated arrests and imprisonment continue in Azerbaijan

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 15 April 2013
Authorities shut down pro-democracy university's office

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

12 April 2013
Editor of religious news website faces lengthy jail term in Azerbaijan

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎

Free Expression & the Law 8 April 2013
Azeri youth activists could face up to eight years in prison

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Free Expression & the Law 5 April 2013
Groups condemn persecution of activists and journalists in Azerbaijan

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law 21 March 2013
Police arrest more than a hundred peaceful protestors in Azerbaijan

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law 14 March 2013
Nine-year sentence for Azeri editor politically-motivated, group says

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Free Expression & the Law 13 March 2013
Azeri reporter assaulted while investigating land dispute

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Attacks 6 March 2013
Azeri human rights lawyer faces eight years in prison

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Free Expression & the Law 5 March 2013
Exorbitant fines put Azeri newspaper at risk

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Free Expression & the Law 28 February 2013
Azeri police shut down public policy workshop, harass organisers

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Free Expression & the Law 22 February 2013
Protest serious threats to Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli

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Attacks 20 February 2013
International community urged to hold Azerbaijan accountable

‎ARTICLE 19, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Free Expression & the Law 19 February 2013
Azeri writer harassed over novel about Azeri-Armenian conflict

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Attacks 12 February 2013
Draft bill could restrict NGO activity in Azerbaijan

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Free Expression & the Law 7 February 2013
Azeri government accuses critics of instigating violence

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Freedom of Assembly 6 February 2013
Council of Europe urged to ensure respect for human rights in Azerbaijan

‎ARTICLE 19, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, Reporters Without Borders, Index on Censorship‎

Free Expression & the Law 30 January 2013
Council of Europe fails to adopt resolution on Azeri political prisoners

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Free Expression & the Law 25 January 2013
Council of Europe urged to address Azerbaijan's human rights record

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Free Expression & the Law 21 January 2013
Police attack Azeri journalists at public protest

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Attacks 16 January 2013
Impunity, censorship prevalent in Azerbaijan throughout 2012

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Attacks Free Expression & the Law 3 January 2013
Questions remain one year after Azeri journalist's murder

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Impunity 23 November 2012
Azerbaijani police attack media at opposition rally

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Impunity Attacks Freedom of Assembly 20 November 2012
Azerbaijan freezes main opposition newspaper's bank accounts

‎Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎

Free expression and the law 9 November 2012
Report details Internet restriction, netizen detention in Azerbaijan

‎Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety‎

Digital Rights Freedom of Assembly 5 November 2012

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Key reports and information

Predators of Freedom of Information 2012: Azerbaijan

Eurovision 2012 was a battle ground for free expression

Reporters Without Borders 2 May 2012
Attacks on the Press in 2011: Azerbaijan

Journalist Eynulla Fatullayev praises international community for its sustained support leading to his release

Committee to Protect Journalists 22 February 2012
Press Freedom Index 2011-2012: Azerbaijan

Social media under surveillance, netizens jailed for promoting demonstrations

Reporters Without Borders 25 January 2012
World Report 2012: Azerbaijan

"More than 50 domestic and foreign journalists were harassed or attacked in 2011"

Human Rights Watch 22 January 2012

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