Despite near-total government control over the media, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has built a high-impact social-media presence in Azerbaijan and a reputation as a leading source of independent news.
An Azerbaijani journalist and rights defender who has been pursued by Baku since he fled his homeland under pressure a decade ago has left Ukraine for the Netherlands, where he has citizenship, colleagues say.
Cameras from RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service captured possible evidence of voter fraud in Azerbaijan's April 11 presidential election.
Azerbaijan's authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev, has secured a landslide victory in a snap presidential election that was boycotted by the main opposition parties.
Azerbaijan's Republican Alternative (REAL), an opposition movement whose leader is in prison, says it is now a political party but will not seek formal registration by the state.
Opposition activists in Azerbaijan are rallying in the capital of the former Soviet republic demanding the release of individuals considered by international rights groups to be political prisoners.
Azerbaijan's two main opposition parties on March 10 held a rally calling for a boycott of the presidential election that was moved forward to April 11.
A court in Baku has sentenced a leader of an independent religious group to seven years in prison on drug-dealing charges.
Twenty-five drug rehabilitation patients at a state-run clinic in Baku have been killed by a fire that ripped through their sleeping quarters, described by relatives of victims as a "decrepit" structure where medicated patients were locked inside at night.
Jailed Azerbaijani journalist Afqan Muxtarli has told RFE/RL that his trial was a "mockery" of justice and suggested that President Ilham Aliyev was behind it.
Azerbaijan's ruling party has nominated incumbent President Ilham Aliyev as its candidate in the snap April presidential election.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has brought forward the date of a planned presidential election to April 11 from October 17, a decree issued by the president's office said on February 5.
Azerbaijan has sentenced a prominent opposition leader to three years in prison on charges that she tried to smuggle undeclared cash across the border, according to her lawyer, who says the case is politically motivated.
Dozens of used-tire dealers have rallied in Azerbaijan's capital to protest against increased customs fees for imported used tires.
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced journalist Afqan Muxtarli to six years in prison after convicting him of smuggling and other crimes in a politically charged trial condemned by rights groups.
A court in Baku has sentenced 12 men to lengthy prison terms in a high-profile case after convicting them of terrorism, publicly calling for the overthrow of the government, and inciting ethnic, religious, and social hatred.
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey are set to meet on December 20 in Baku.
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced a grandson of the oil-rich former Soviet republic's deputy prime minister to six years in prison for his role in a high-speed traffic accident that left two people dead and two others injured.
Parliamentarians at a book launch labeled a prominent Azerbaijani rights activist a traitor, while lawyers questioned the ethics of the book’s contents.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it has approved two loans totaling $400 million to help strengthen the Azerbaijani railway sector and modernize a rail line connecting Azerbaijan with Russia and Iran.
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