Despite near-total government control over the media, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has built a high-impact social-media presence in Azerbaijan and a reputation as a leading source of independent news.
A brother-in-law of an outspoken Azerbaijani activist-in-exile has been arrested on drugs-related charges.
A court in Baku has begun the trial of jailed human rights advocates, Leyla and Arif Yunus, in a case widely seen as politically motivated.
Jailed Azerbaijani human rights advocates Leyla and Arif Yunus will go on trial on July 27, a judge said at a preliminary hearing nearly a year after their arrest on what the ailing couple and their supporters say are politically motivated charges.
A privately run, pro-government television station in Baku claims it was duped by a local man who "misrepresented himself as a foreigner" at the European Games in Azerbaijan this week in order to create a "provocation."
With the 2015 European Games opening today in Baku, many Azerbaijanis are suffering -- and increasingly out of pocket.
At least 15 people have been killed in a fire that that ripped through a 16-story apartment block in Azerbaijan's capital.
A court in Azerbaijan has prolonged the pretrial detention period for Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL who has been behind bars since December.
Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, has won a prestigious media freedom award that commemorates slain Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
A prominent human rights lawyer in Azerbaijan, Intiqam Aliyev, has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after a trial that he called politically motivated.
A prominent human rights activist in Azerbaijan has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after a trial he said was politically motivated.
Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, will be honored with a prestigious media freedom award next month.
An activist from Azerbaijan's opposition Popular Front Party has been sentenced to 20 days in custody after taking part in a public protest.
The plaintiff in a case against Khadija Ismayilova, a jailed Azerbaijani investigative journalist and contributor to RFE/RL, says he has formally asked the Prosecutor General's Office to withdraw his complaint.
Khadija Ismayilova, an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor has been allowed to see her relatives for the first time since her arrest in early December.
Authorities in Azerbaijan and its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh territory say a soldier from that region has crossed over to the Azerbaijani-controlled side.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has pardoned more than 100 inmates on the eve of the Norouz, the New Year's holiday, including three who are seen by government opponents and rights activists as political prisoners.
Hundreds of people took part in a rally in Baku on March 15 to express concern about price hikes and other negative impacts of the recent abrupt devaluation of the local currency -- the manat.
Jailed Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus says she fears she will never be reunited with her husband and daughter.
Another human rights defender has been detained in Azerbaijan.
Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor who faces an array of charges she says are politically motivated, has been convicted of libel and fined 2,500 manats ($3,180).
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