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

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 ...

"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 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 ...

At the start of this year, a new Media Law introduced further restrictions on the freedom of media and freedom of expression in the country, which, according to Jeanne Cavelier, the head of RSF’s ...

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 attempts to regulate almost everything related to the media sector in Azerbaijan, including online media, and has a problematic focus on restricting the activities of the media rather than ...

OSCE observers say most media in Azerbaijan are avoiding reporting about campaigns for the February 9 parliamentary elections because of a stifling "equal coverage" law.

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 ...