Since 2009, the Azerbaijani authorities have increasingly tightened restrictions on critical NGOs and independent media outlets.

She had questioned the conduct of police who dispersed farmers protesting along the route of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s motorcade in Bangkok.

A court in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, sentenced five journalists and staff members from the independent outlet Toplum TV to prison terms ranging from nearly 12 to 14 years on Monday, 27 July. Repo...

Any targeting of Batikha Bilashkyzy solely because of her family ties or peaceful expression of solidarity with Atajurt’s mission would amount to another attempt by the Kazakhstani authorities to inti...

Women journalists from Iran, Myanmar, the Philippines, and the U.S. recognized for reporting amid increasing risk [May 14, 2026 – WASHINGTON, DC] – The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) to...

When an Uzbekistan court on May 1 found the Karakalpak lawyer and blogger Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov guilty of committing “actions disrupting the work of a penal institution,” sentencing him to five yea...

Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown

The Supreme Court has dismissed a constitutional petition filed by Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, concerning Article 106 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which she argued was in...

Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev is in town for a meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace. Police said an incident that “involved Azerbaijan security guards” had been referred to the State Department.

A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.

Azerbaijan regularly issues amnesties to commemorate public holidays.

Image Detained: December 23, 2023.