H.E. Heydar Aliyev President Office of the President Baku Azerbaijan Vienna, 24 August 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the arrest of an Azerbaijani journalist. According to IPI’s information, on 22 August, Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in-chief of Yeni Musavat, was arrested at his Baku […]

On the occasion of the Azerbaijani National Press Day, 22 July, the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Azerbaijani Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI) are organising a press freedom workshop in Baku on 20 July. The workshop will address the many obstacles facing press freedom in Azerbaijan. At the reception, prizes will be awarded to journalists […]

His Excellency Heydar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Vienna, 5 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent police attack on two journalists working for the Baku daily newspaper, “Bu gun”, and the raid on that newspaper’s editorial office. We are informed that reporter Revan Chinghizoglu and […]

H.E. Haydar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Republic Vienna, 19 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the continued repressed state of the independent press in Azerbaijan. We are informed that, as of 18 November 1998, 21 editors of the […]