Political prisoner Agil Maharramov after serving a four-year term. Maharramov was accused of illegal financing of the opposition Popular Front party in Azerbaijan
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 independent media and widen the government's power to decide what is and what isn't "objective" news.
Police officers who beat and insulted journalists covering a protest this week will be removed from their positions, Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry h