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.
Two Azerbaijani opposition leaders have gone on trial in the northern city of Saki.
The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner says he wants Azerbaijan to implement a series of reforms before Baku takes over the chairmanship of the Council of Europe (CoE).
Azerbaijan's opposition "Azadliq" (Liberty) newspaper is facing closure amid increasing financial pressures.
Several thousand opposition supporters have held a rally in Azerbaijan's capital to protest the results of this month's presidential election.
The most notable change in the new Azerbaijani cabinet is the replacement of the long-serving defense minister, Safar Abiyev, with Zakir Hasanov, who has commanded Interior Ministry forces.
The U.S. ambassador to Baku says Washington is looking forward to working closely with President Ilham Aliyev and the Azerbaijani government as Aliyev starts his new term in office.
Ilham Aliyev has been sworn in for his third term as Azerbaijan's president.
Police in Moscow say a suspect in the killing that recently sparked violent clashes between antimigrant protesters and police has been detained.
Former Azerbaijani Economy Minister Farhad Aliyev has been released from prison, along with his brother.
Opposition activists held a demonstration at a stadium in Azerbaijan’s capital to rally against the landslide election victory of President Ilham Aliyev earlier this week.
Baku has dismissed the Western criticism of Azerbaijan's recent presidential election, in which President Ilham Aliyev was reelected to a third term in office with a landslide victory.
The OSCE monitors told a news conference in Baku on October 10 that the poll was marred by a "restrictive media environment" and allegations of intimidation of candidates and voters.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears headed for reelection to a third five-year term by a landslide amid allegations by the opposition of fraud.
Supporters of Azerbaijan's united opposition presidential candidate, Camil Hasanli, have held the last election rally before the October 9 vote.
The United Nations' human rights agency has urged Azerbaijani authorities to "recognize and facilitate the work" of human rights and civil society activists in the run up to the October 9 presidential election.
A group of journalists from independent and opposition media outlets has been attacked by a pro-government mob during an opposition rally in the central Azerbaijani town of Sabirabad.
A satirical video clip produced by a well-known pro-democracy blogger and photographer in Azerbaijan has apparently irritated the authorities.
Supporters of Azerbaijan's united opposition presidential candidate, Camil Hasanli, have held a rally in the capital Baku.
Hilal Mamedov, the editor of the Baku-based "Tolisi Sado" (The Voice of Talysh) independent newspaper, was found guilty of high treason, incitement of ethnic, religious, and racial hatred, and drugs possession and sentenced to five years in prison.
The head of the media arm of Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission has expressed his concern over what he called the "propaganda mode" of presidential campaign coverage by RFE/RL, Voice of America, and the BBC.
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