Azerbaijan arrests two more journalists, increasing crackdown tally to 25 - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Azerbaijan arrests two more journalists, increasing crackdown tally to 25 - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, May 9, 2025— After 18 months, Azerbaijan’s vast media crackdown shows no signs of abating, as police arrested two independent journalists, Ulviyya Ali and Ahmad Mammadli, on the night of May 6-7. The arrests bring the total number of journalists jailed in Azerbaijan since late 2023 to at least 25, with several others facing major criminal charges. Most are from some of Azerbaijan’s last remaining independent outlets and have been detai…

Ulviyya Ali, collaborator of 31-year-old Voice of America, and Ahmad Mammadli, 24-year-old independent journalist and author of articles for the Italian study center of the Ispi, were stopped by the police. Baku is in 167th place out of 180 in the Rsf ranking on world press freedom