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.
A court in Azerbaijan has ruled in favor of blocking several independent websites, including that of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service.
A court in Azerbaijan on May 3 resumed hearings on a government effort to block the websites of five independent media outlets -- including the website of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service.
Aziz Qarasoglu, the Baku manager of the Internet television station Channel 13, has been sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention in jail over a confrontation with a police officer.
A district court in Baku has begun hearings into a demand by Azerbaijan's government to block the websites of five independent media outlets, including the website of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service.
Azerbaijan has announced it is quitting the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) after the organization suspended the oil-rich Caspian country's membership over concerns about the government's treatment of critics and civil-society groups.
Authorities in Baku say Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will make a two-day official visit to Russia starting on March 7.
An Azerbaijani blogger known for reports seeking to document corruption has been convicted of libel and sentenced to two years in prison.
The separatists controlling Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region have strengthened their executive leader's powers in a referendum that international observers warned was illegal.
Russian blogger Aleksandr Lapshin has been flown from Minsk to Baku over objections from Moscow that he be sent to Russia.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has canceled a meeting with the European Parliament president in Brussels, where he held talks with EU officials on issues including a new partnership agreement between Baku and the European Union.
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced six people to prison over an apartment-tower fire that killed 15 people in 2015.
A court in Baku has sentenced several opposition figures to lengthy prison terms after convicting them of publicly calling for the overthrow of the government and of inciting ethnic, religious, and social hatred.
A prominent Azerbaijani blogger who crusades against corruption says he was beaten by police after being forcibly detained on a central Baku street on January 9.
Divers searching for nine Azerbaijani oil workers missing after the partial collapse of a Caspian Sea oil platform have found a cabin used by workers during resting shifts.
Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, says one oil worker has died and nine others are missing after part of an offshore platform fell into the Caspian Sea early on December 15.
A court in Azerbaijan has convicted opposition activist Bayram Mammadov of drug trafficking and sentenced him to 10 years in prison despite his claim that he was tortured into confessing.
Azerbaijan has tightened restrictions on the transfer of foreign currency abroad as of December 8.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has rejected allegations that his government has imposed restrictions on the freedom of the press.
Azerbaijan's patriarchal society can place enormous pressure on women to deliver boys, contributing to sex-selective abortions.
An appellate court in Azerbaijan has rejected an appeal by investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who had asked for the removal from her record of charges for illegal entrepreneurship.
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