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 opposition journalist in Azerbaijan has been sentenced to eight years in jail.
A French television journalist and his cameraman say they were briefly detained in Baku on May 14.
The New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Azerbaijani authorities for falling short of its Council of Europe membership commitments, even as it takes a leading role in the organization.
French President Francois Holland told reporters after meeting with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku that his trip to the South Caucasus is to promote settlement for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and territorial disputes in Georgia.
Dozens of activists in Azerbaijan have clashed with police in Baku after a court issued sentences against eight activists of the youth opposition NIDA movement.
A court of appeals in Baku has released former Azerbaijani lawmaker Gular Ahmadova, who was sentenced to three years in jail for extortion via fraud and obstruction of justice.
Prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been released from detention by authorities after she was questioned by investigators and her Baku-based Peace and Democracy Institute offices were searched.
The U.S. State Department has expressed concerns over the situation faced by Azerbaijani youth activists currently on trial.
Azerbaijan's prominent human rights activist, Leyla Yunus, has been questioned by investigators and her Baku-based Peace and Democracy Institute offices are being searched.
A prominent Azerbaijani rights activist is the target of government harassment in the latest sign of a creeping crackdown that has alarmed Western governments and threatens to further isolate Baku.
Authorities in Azerbaijan have detained the country's most prominent human rights activist, Leyla Yunus, and her husband, Arif Yunus, at Baku airport as they prepared to travel to Doha.
The head of an election watchdog in Azerbaijan, Anar Mammadli and his two associates went on trial on April 28.
The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights has harshly criticized Azerbaijani authorities over deteriorating human rights and basic freedoms in the country.
In Azerbaijan, sentences have been handed down to two leading opposition figures in a high-profile mass-disorder case.
A well-known activist from Azerbaijan's opposition Popular Front Party (AXCP) is missing.
An investigative journalist with RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service says she has been summoned for questioning in an investigation into the leaking of state secrets.
About 1,000 people have gathered in downtown Baku to protest against the government's offer of compensation for homes due to be demolished as part of an urban renewal plan in the Azerbaijani capital.
Two people have been killed in what is believed to have been a gas explosion in Baku.
A 41-year-old man has been hospitalized in grave condition after setting himself on fire in Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomous Republic.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has described the political opposition in his country as "venal groups who sold their conscience for money from abroad."
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