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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 10. By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend: The procedure for the activities of media entities and journalists during the period of martial law and a state of emergency is being ...