Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media Workers

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Click to expand Image Police removing journalists from Toplum TV on March 6, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images An Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison.

It is the harshest verdict since the government began its ongoing crackdown on…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · July 29, 2026

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