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.
The son of an Azerbaijani opposition figure has been stabbed and beaten by unknown assailants.
A son of the leader of opposition the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (AXCP) has been sentenced to 25 days in jail.
Azerbaijan's main opposition coalition held a rally in the capital Baku on September 22 to boost support ahead of the country's October 9 presidential election .
The second televised debate ahead of Azerbaijan's October presidential election was interrupted when one of the nine candidates on stage hurled a bottle of water at the main opposition candidate, Camil Hasanli.
Parviz Hasimli, a journalist for an independent newspaper in Azerbaijan, has been arrested and charged with illegal weapon and drugs possession.
Additional charges have been brought against eight activists of the opposition NIDA youth movement in Azerbaijan.
A visit by a U.S. delegation to Azerbaijan has been postponed until after the country's October 9 presidential election.
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission has registered Camil Hasanli as the united opposition's alternative presidential candidate.
The U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan has criticized what it calls "disgusting personal attacks" against Khadija Ismayilova, an RFE/RL investigative journalist and talk show host in Baku.
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (MSK) has refused to register the united opposition's single presidential candidate, Rustam Ibragimbekov.
Several thousand supporters of Azerbaijan's opposition presidential candidate Rustam Ibragimbekov rallied outside the capital, Baku,on August 18.
A court in Baku has extended the pretrial detention of Ilqar Mammadov, the head of the Republican Alternative (REAL) opposition movement.
Eleven leading international human rights organizations have urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to stop a blackmail campaign against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
A court in Baku has extended the pretrial detention of Tofiq Yaqublu, the deputy head of the opposition Musavat party.
Azerbaijan's opposition National Council of Democratic Forces has officially nominated Oscar-winning screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov as its presidential candidate.
Police in Azerbaijan have detained more than a dozen journalists protesting the apparent renewal of a blackmail and intimidation campaign against RFE/RL investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
President Ilham Aliyev is running for an unprecedented third five-year term. Aliyev has held power since 2003, after succeeding his father.
Azerbaijani homeowners have staged an angry protest against the demolition of their homes in the capital's central Xutor district.
Three youth activists in Azerbaijan have been sentenced to 15 days in jail for distributing antigovernment stickers and leaflets.
Azerbaijan's political opposition groups have united to nominate a single candidate for October's presidential election.
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