Azerbaijan has one of the world's worst records on media freedom according to a ranking by Reporters Without Borders -- and it could get worse. A new media law will put even further constraints on ...

On 14 July, the Azerbaijani parliament definitively adopted amendments tightening the country’s media law, which already ...

On December 30, Azerbaijan's parliament approved a new media law after its third and final reading. The law was passed despite mounting criticism from local journalists and is set to be signed by ...

"The law protects media independence, freedom of speech and does not impose any sanctions or restrictions," Aydin Mirzazade, a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, told VOA earlier this year.

Azerbaijan’s parliament on Thursday adopted a new media law despite concerns from journalists who said it could further limit independent journalism. The law, which is due to go into effect on ...

Any nongovernmental organization that wishes to operate or conduct activities in Azerbaijan would have to be registered by the state, and anyone speaking on behalf of an unregistered organization ...

Azerbaijan’s parliament is considering a new law that would impose sweeping new restrictions on the country’s media. On December 14, the draft bill, known as “On the Media,” passed its first reading ...

A group of journalists gathered outside Azerbaijan's parliament in Baku on December 28 to protest a new media law that they say will further limit independent journalism in the country.

In a separate legal assessment of the Law on Media and its impact on online media platforms, Azerbaijan Internet Watch, a platform that monitors information controls in Azerbaijan, wrote, “The overall ...

Preparation of a draft law on media in Azerbaijan is nearing completion, the executive director of the Azerbaijan Media Development Agency, Ahmad Ismayilov said at an event on "Media and legal ...

Since November, more than 10 journalists in Azerbaijan from the online publications, AbzasMedia and Toplum TV, have been detained on charges of currency smuggling.Local civil society and international ...