Release Journalists and Activists in Azerbaijan

Release Journalists and Activists in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan must stop silencing dissent. More than a dozen activists and journalists must be released.

Another Courageous Journalist Jailed in Azerbaijan

Click to expand Image Ulviyya Ali protests against a media bill alongside other journalists, in front of the Parliament building in Baku, Azerbaijan, December 28, 2021. The writing on her hand reads "a word is free." © 2021 Ulviyya Ali “If you are reading this note it is because I have been unjustly jailed for my journalism work. Like my other journalist colleagues, I have committed no crime,” wrote Ulviyya Guliyeva (known as Ulviyya Ali) in a n…

Reflections on USCIRF's 2025 Trip to Azerbaijan

Reflections on USCIRF's 2025 Trip to Azerbaijan vmccarthy Sat, 05/17/2025 - 03:12 On USCIRF Spotlight   The religious freedom situation in Azerbaijan remains highly restricted. The government subjects virtually all religious practices to intrusive state oversight. Shi'a Muslims who do not operate within the government's preferred boundaries have faced imprisonment on dubious charges. Armenian religious sites in Nagorno-Karabakh and the surroun…