Azerbaijan
RFE/RL’s Belarus Service Ranked #1 in Journalism Standards
RFE/RL’s Radio Svaboda recognized by the Belarus Press Club for outstanding reporting despite challenging media landscape.
RFE/RL Condemns Sham Trial of Azerbaijani Journalist
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) rejects the spurious charges facing Farid Mehralizada and calls on the Azerbaijani government to release him immediately.
Farid Mehralizada
Farid Mehralizada is an economist and journalist for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service who has been unjustly detained in Baku since May 30, 2024.
RFE/RL Applauds European Rights Court Ruling in Favor of RFE/RL Against Azerbaijani Government
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomes today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Azerbaijani Service
Despite near-total government control over the media, Radio Azadliq has built a reputation as a leading source of independent news in Azerbaijan.
Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition
A Kyrgyz court approves request to shut down Radio Azattyk; RFE/RL renews call for the release of imprisoned journalists in Belarus and Russian-occupied Crimea; and more.
Journalists in Trouble: June 2022
RFE/RL journalists beaten and threatened in Tajikistan; Azerbaijani journalist threatened at knifepoint; Pulitzer Prize board honors Ukrainian journalists; and more.
RFE/RL Outraged By Pegasus Project Revelations Involving Azerbaijani Service Journalists
RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly expressed outrage at revelations that the smartphones of RFE/RL journalists may have been targeted for infection with the Pegasus spyware application.
Remembering RFE/RL’s Fallen Journalists
RFE/RL journalists, often at great personal risk, work to spread knowledge and combat lies to ensure that people even in the world’s most oppressed nations have access to the truth.
RFE/RL Condemns Latest Azerbaijan Ruling Against Ismayilova
An August 7 ruling by the Azerbaijani Supreme Court upholds baseless charges of tax evasion against journalist Khadija Ismayilova, blatantly ignoring Azerbaijani law and the government’s international treaty obligations, including…