Armenia
Outrage after Yerevan’s Mayor calls local media a ‘big garbage dump’
The comments came after Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan was investigated for corruption by CivilNet and the OCCRP.
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AbzasMedia
Abzas Media trial begins in Baku
The seven media workers were detained for smuggling in November 2023.
Freedom of the Press
Georgian pro-opposition TV channel 'faces closure' amid internal conflict
Live on air, Mtavari’s director accused a major shareholder of sabotage, claiming that he was colluding with Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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Explainer | Meydan TV becomes Azerbaijan’s latest independent media outlet to be repressed
Azerbaijan’s crackdown on independent media continues with the arrest of seven of Meydan TV’s journalists and freelancers on charges of smuggling and supporting Armenia. The campaign against Meydan TV began on 6 December with the arrest of journalist Ramin Jabrayilzada, also known as Deko. According to Jabrayilzada’s lawyer, Nemat Karimov, his client was stopped on his way home from the airport. Police confiscated his funds and claimed he had brought an illicit amount of currency into th
Azerbaijan
Police detain remaining Meydan TV journalists in Azerbaijan
On Friday, Meydan TV’s Baku staff — Aynur Gambarova, who goes by the penname Elgunash, Natig Javadli, Aytaj Ahmadova, also known as Tapdig, Aysel Umudova, Khayala Aghayeva, and freelancer Ramin Jabrailzada, also known as Deko — were detained on charges of smuggling foreign currency. They were all remanded to the Baku City Police Station facing a common accusation, smuggling, which has repeatedly been used to detain journalists over the past year. Meydan TV’s editor, Orkhan Mammad, first
Freedom of the Press
OC Media founder Mariam Nikuradze ‘on police wanted list’
Unconfirmed reports suggest that OC Media co-founder and co-director Mariam Nikuradze may have been placed on a list of people to be arrested by the Georgian authorities. Information about the list, which contains 48 names and their ID numbers, was provided to OC Media by a credible source who claims to have obtained it. The source said that while they were themselves unable to verify its veracity, others on the list, including actor Andro Chichinadze, had already been arrested on criminal cha
Afgan Sadigov
Tbilisi Court rules in favour of extraditing jailed Azerbaijani journalist
The Tbilisi City Court ruled on Thursday to approve the extradition of Afgan Sadigov, an Azerbaijani journalist who has been in custody in Gldani prison in Tbilisi since 4 August. Sadigov’s lawyers will still have seven days to appeal the decision, and the case may be brought before the Supreme Court. Should all final appeals fail, Sadigov will be extradited back to Azerbaijan, where he was arrested several times on charges he refuted and said were politically motivated. His wife has sa
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