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.
Azerbaijani rights defender Arif Yunus, whose case attracted worldwide attention when he and his wife were arrested in 2014 on suspicion of spying for Armenia, has been released from jail due to his health.
An Azerbaijani court is scheduled to resume hearings on November 5 into the appeal filed by jailed human rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband, Arif Yunus.
Azerbaijan's election authorities say the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has won a majority in parliamentary elections, cementing President Ilham Aliyev's grip on power through a vote that was boycotted by Europe's largest monitoring agency and all of Azerbaijan’s established opposition parties.
A taxi driver in Azerbaijan's western city of Sumqayit has died after setting himself on fire to protest alleged "misconduct" by local traffic police.
An Armenian man has defected to archrival Azerbaijan in a case that is sure to rankle in Yerevan.
A Baku court has sentenced investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to 7 1/2 years in prison on charges considered by many to be retribution for her reports on corruption involving senior officials.
Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova delivered a scathing final statement in a Baku courtroom on August 31, calling Azerbaijan's government a "repression machine" and dismissing her trial as a "scam" aimed to silence her.
A well-known player from Azerbaijan’s Qabala FK soccer club, who is a suspect in a case related to the beating of a journalist to death, has been remanded in custody.
The trial of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova in Azerbaijan has been postponed until August 31.
Police clashed with residents in the Azerbaijani city of Mingachevir on August 22, a day after a young Azerbaijani man was found dead after being questioned by local police.
A state prosecutor in Azerbaijan has asked for a nine-year prison sentence for Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL.
Prosecutors in Azerbaijan wrapped up their case against investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova on August 20 at a closed trial in Baku.
A Baku court resumed the trial of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova on August 19.
A Baku court resumed the trial of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova on August 18, while her mother and sister doubted the court's impartiality.
A Baku court has sentenced Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus to 8 1/2 years in prison and sentenced her severely ailing husband Arif to seven years.
Police in Azerbaijan have arrested a well-known player of the Qabala FK soccer club, Cavid Huseynov, in a case related to the beating of a journalist to death.
A Baku court has pressed ahead with the trial of Khadija Ismayilova, shrugging off the absence of the investigative journalist's lawyers and her call for a slower pace.
The European Union and several human rights groups have called on authorities in Azerbaijan to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the death of journalist Rasim Aliyev.
The trial of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has continued in Baku with testimony from the man the authorities say she pushed to attempt suicide.
Police in Azerbaijan have detained several men suspected of severely beating a journalist who later died in hospital.
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