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 prominent human rights activist in Azerbaijan has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after a trial he said was politically motivated.
Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, will be honored with a prestigious media freedom award next month.
An activist from Azerbaijan's opposition Popular Front Party has been sentenced to 20 days in custody after taking part in a public protest.
The plaintiff in a case against Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, says he has formally asked the Prosecutor General's Office to withdraw his complaint.
Khadija Ismayilova, an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor has been allowed to see her relatives for the first time since her arrest in early December.
Authorities in Azerbaijan and its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh territory say a soldier from that region has crossed over to the Azerbaijani-controlled side.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has pardoned more than 100 inmates on the eve of the Norouz, the New Year's holiday, including three who are seen by government opponents and rights activists as political prisoners.
Hundreds of people took part in a rally in Baku on March 15 to express concern about price hikes and other negative impacts of the recent abrupt devaluation of the local currency -- the manat.
Jailed Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus says she fears she will never be reunited with her husband and daughter.
Another human rights defender has been detained in Azerbaijan.
Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor who faces an array of charges she says are politically motivated, has been convicted of libel and fined 2,500 manats ($3,180).
A court in Azerbaijan has reportedly ordered human rights activist Arif Yunus can be held in pretrial detention for at least five more months.
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) has abruptly devalued the country's currency against the dollar and the euro.
A court in Azerbaijan has extended the pretrial detention of a prominent human rights activist by over five months.
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland has arrived in Azerbaijan on the first leg of her South Caucasus tour.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a law making it easier for his government to shut down media outlets, particularly those with foreign financing.
A journalist in Azerbaijan has been convicted of hooliganism and sentenced to five years in prison.
A bus driver in Baku has been hospitalized after setting himself on fire to protest alleged misconduct by the transport ministry.
A jailed Azerbaijani human rights activist's social defender and supporter has been attacked in Baku.
A court in Azerbaijan has prolonged the pretrial detention period for Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL.
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