🇦🇿 Azerbaijan tried to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. India blocked it.
Given Baku’s record of jailing journalists, crushing dissent & silencing defenders, it would have fit right in.
But as a @coe member, that says everything about how it undermines the values it…
Ulvi Hasanli is amongst the three candidates shortlisted for the 2025 Václav Havel Prize 🫶
Director of @AbzasMedia, outstanding human rights defender and journalist, Ulvi Hasanli contributed alongside blogger @MehmanHuseynoff to investigations by Sancaq Production, focusing on…
News from @bahruz_samad:
He met his grandmother today. He told her that since the peace treaty was signed, being unjustly kept in prison hurts him even more now. He said he cannot find peace for himself in the cell.
So far, once while being held at the State Security Service…
🎂 Today is Anar Mammadli’s 47th birthday
He should be celebrating with his son, family and friends — not spending it behind bars and standing trial on trumped-up charges, simply for his human rights work.
Anar has dedicated his life to building democratic institutions in…
#BashirSuleymanli’s Appeal Was Dismissed
On July 16, the Baku Court of Appeal heard the complaint against the Binagadi District Court’s decision to extend #BashirSuleymanli’s pre-trial #detention.
The court dismissed the appeal, and Bashir Suleymanli remained in custody.
🚨 On 14 July 2025, #Azerbaijan adopted sweeping amendments to its media law, eliminating the possibility for any independent journalism to survive.
Foreign media outlets are now required to register in media registry within 7 days of initial state registration!
#Azerbaijan is one of the worst jailers of journalists in the world. Talked to @washingtonpost press freedom newsletter abt. massive repression against independent newsrooms resulting arrest of 25 journalists. Several of them had already been sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
#Azerbaijan is one of the worst jailers of journalists in the world. Talked to @washingtonpost press freedom newsletter abt. massive repression against independent newsrooms resulting arrest of 25 journalists. Several of them had already been sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
On June 30, the next court hearing was held in the case of #AnarMammadli, chair of the @EMDS and civic activist #AnarAbdulla (Abdullayev).
For more: rb.gy/ajxea6
Azerbaijan’s chokehold on independent journalism is growing tighter than ever, and OC Media is one of the few outlets still covering the country. Help us fuel Aliyev’s fears — become an OC Media member today.
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I’m concerned by the criminal conviction of 7 journalists of Abzas media in Azerbaijan, who received prison sentences of 7,5 to 9 years. I reiterate my call for the release of all human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists imprisoned for their legitimate work…
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