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.
Another prominent rights defender has been arrested in Azerbaijan. Rasul Jafarov was detained during the morning of August 2 on suspicion of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, and abuse of authority.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry says four of its troops have been killed near the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Defense Ministry's press secretary has blamed Azerbaijani officials for the latest deadly clashes near Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been charged with several crimes, among them treason, tax evasion, and illegal entrepreneurship.
The chairman of the youth wing of the opposition Musavat (Equality) party in Azerbaijan has been detained.
Britain's Minister for Europe, David Lidington, has condemned the jailing of an activist in Azerbaijan.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned a five-year prison sentence issued against a 19-year-old blogger and opposition activist, Omar Mamedov.
Authorities in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh region say their forces have captured at least one Azerbaijani soldier who they say was involved in a commando raid from the Azerbaijani side.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's speech at a session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg has been met by protests.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is expected to arrive in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, on June 13 as he concludes a regional tour.
The OSCE's chairman in office has started a tour of the South Caucasus with a visit to Azerbaijan.
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin has expressed concern over the situation faced by a prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender and her husband.
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has expressed concern over the sentencing of Anar Mammadli, the chairman of the country's Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center.
Two Azerbaijani officers and one soldier from the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region were reportedly killed in the latest border clash.
A court in Baku has sentenced Azerbaijani opposition blogger Abdul Abilov to 5 1/2 years in jail.
The head of an election watchdog in Azerbaijan, Anar Mammadli, and his two associates have been sentenced to jail for tax evasion, illegal business activities, and using their office to falsify election results.
Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey discussed bilateral and trilateral ties in Baku on May 26.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has harshly criticized Azerbaijani authorities over the country's human rights record.
Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of cease-fire violations near its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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