Azerbaijan
RFE/RL Reporters Run Afoul of Local Security Structures in Azerbaijan, North Ossetia
Correspondents with RFE/RL’s Russian and Azerbaijani Services have faced new harrassment by local law enforcement officials within the past week as a result of their coverage of the Caucasus region.
RFE/RL Correspondent Will Appeal Libel Verdict in Nakhichevan Drug Reporting Case
Melahat Nasibova, a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, announced that she would appeal a guilty verdict announced today by the Nakhichevan City court, in a libel case filed by the…
Doctor Files Libel Charges After RFE/RL Correspondent Quotes Drug Abuse Statistics
A correspondent for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service was called into court on June 10 to answer libel charges brought against her by the head of a local drug abuse rehabilitation center.