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International organizations demand justice in Khadija Ismayilova’s case 16 Aug 2013 | 04:19 pm
Eleven leading international human rights organizations have urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to stop a blackmail campaign against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigative journalist Khad...
With Legislating about Internet, Azerbaijan Taking U-Turn on Free Expression 16 Aug 2013 | 11:45 am
Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns the criminal sentence handed down by theAstara criminal court against a Facebook user on charges of criminal defamation and calls upon the g...
Azadliq newspaper reports DDOS attacks on its website 15 Aug 2013 | 09:58 am
The website of the Azadlig newspaper, www.azadliq.info, has undergone a hacker attack today, web-editor of the newspaper Ali Rza reported to the IRFS. According to Ali Rza, the Distributed Denial of S...
Ilgar Mammadov’s detention extended for a further two months 15 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
REAL Movement chairman Ilgar Mammadov’s pretrial detention term has been extended for a further two months.The decision was announced at the August 14 hearing held in the Nasimi District Court, judge ...
Journalist Tofig Yagublu’s detention term extended for a further three months 13 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
The Nasimi District Court is extending journalist Tofig Yagublu’s detention period for a further three months, journalist’s lawyer Nemat Karimli told the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety...
Jailed journalist takes the National Press Council to court 13 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
On August 13th the Narimanov District Court heard Khural newspaper editor Avaz Zeynalli’s lawsuit against the National Press Council. Judge Mazahir Sadigov presided over the hearing. The plaintiff, Av...
Communications Surveillance Undermines Privacy and Freedom 13 Aug 2013 | 10:53 am
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) today has signed onto the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, which set minimum standards...
IRFS rolls out a solidarity campaign in support of Azerbaijani journalists behind bars 10 Aug 2013 | 01:25 pm
The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is calling for a national solidarity campaign in support of the journalists put behind bars for their work. In run up to the International Day ...
IRFS welcomes the Council of Europe Commissioner’s repeated calls for human rights improvements in Azerbaijan 6 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
Nils Muižnieks (PHOTO: www.coe.int) August 6, 2013 – The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) welcomes the strong signal sent today by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for...
Azerbaijan is clamping down on free speech as presidential election nears 6 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Azerbaijan’s crackdown on free expression has dramatically escalated in the run-up to October’s presidential election, the new Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) report on press freedo...
