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Spotlight: Abzas Media and Meydan TV receive 2026 Free Media Pioneer Award
IPI AwardsPress Freedom
As Azerbaijan's crackdown on independent media intensifies, journalists from Abzas Media and Meydan TV continue reporting from exile and behind bars
Europe: Azerbaijan

IPI and IMS announce 2026 recipients of World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards
IPI AwardsPress Freedom
This year’s awardees demonstrate remarkable courage, ingenuity, and resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges to freedom and independent journalism around the world
Americas: Chile, Costa Rica
Asia and Pacific: Philippines
Europe: Azerbaijan, Hungary
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Press release

11 trailblazing organisations shortlisted for 2026 IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer Award
IPI AwardsPress Freedom
This year’s global group of shortlisted organisations serve as a testament to the resilience of independent media amid turbulent times
Africa: Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
Americas: Costa Rica
Asia and Pacific: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia
Europe: Azerbaijan, France, Sweden
MENA: Syria
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Advocacy

Azerbaijan: IPI condemns confirmation of lengthy prison sentences for 7 journalists from Abzas Media and RFE/RL
Press Freedom
Azerbaijan must free all unjustly jailed journalists
Europe: Azerbaijan
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Advocacy

Azerbaijan: IPI urges compliance with ECHR ruling on journalist Khadija Ismayilova
Press Freedom
All other journalists currently behind bars must be released
Azerbaijan

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13.04.2020
2 cases

Azerbaijani journalist Mirsahib Rahiloghlu arrested over critical COVID-19 reporting
Covid-19
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
Azerbaijan
09.04.2020
1 case

Azerbaijani journalist Natig Izbatov arrested after critical COVID-19 report
Covid-19
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
Azerbaijan
17.03.2020
1 case

Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, Azerbaijani government amends information law to allow prosecution on online media
Covid-19
Fake news regulation passed during Covid-19
Azerbaijan