The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns the murder of Elmar Huseynov, the founder and editor of the Russian-language independent weekly news magazine Monitor. The journalist was killed on the evening of 2 March in the stairwell of his apartment building. The unidentified assassin escaped. According to […]

H. E. Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Office of the President 19 Istiqlaiyyat St. 370066 Baku Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 06 25/ 92 28 68 Vienna, 2 March 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns the assault on two […]

The press freedom situation in Azerbaijan has deteriorated rapidly since the presidential elections of 15 October 2003, which were widely held to be fraudulent. Since that time there have been numerous press freedom violations. These violations include: · Rauf Arifoglu, editor in chief of the Yeni Musavat, the biggest opposition daily in the South Caucasus, […]

The Azerbaijan Journalists Confederation (AJK), a coalition of 15 different journalist organisations dedicated to the defence and promotion of freedom of the media and expression in Azerbaijan, and the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in 120 countries, are launching an international campaign to defend media freedom […]