Content tagged with Press/Journalists
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Resource | Case Summary | 15 Sep 2020 | By Başak Küçük
Tagiyev and Huseynov v Azerbaijan
Criminal conviction for publication of an article criticising Islam.
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Blocked news websites counter Azerbaijani Government’s claims at European Court of Human Rights
Four critical news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan have responded to the Government’s submissions to the European Court of Human Rights and reiterated their claim that the ban violates their right to freedom of expression.
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Dispersal of demonstration commemorating Anna Politkovskaya breached European Convention
The Russian authorities unlawfully dispersed a public demonstration intended to commemorate the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya in the town of Nazran in 2006.
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Agents Everywhere: Why Almost Anyone Can Be Called a Foreign Agent Now
HRC Memorial lawyer Marina Agaltsova explains how Russia's new law on "Foreign Agents", which now also applies to individuals, leaves endless room for interpretation.
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European Court: Azerbaijani Government has case to answer over blocking of news websites
On 20 September 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) communicated the case of four independent news websites blocked by the authorities in Azerbaijan.
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Resource | Case Summary | 10 Jan 2019 | By Roman Kiselyov
Khadija Ismayilova v Azerbaijan
Award-winning Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova received threats, and was secretly filmed and recorded, with the authorities failing to take action.
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Resource | Case Summary | 6 Dec 2018 | By Harriet Bland
Haziyev v Azerbaijan
Journalist Seymur Haziyev was punched in the face by a stranger, and after he hit the assailant in defence, he was detained and charged with hooliganism.
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Internet restrictions in Azerbaijan: Yale students conduct research for website blocking case
Students from Yale Law School have collaborated with EHRAC on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan for publishing allegedly prohibited material.
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European Court questions SOCAR’s violent attack on Azerbaijani journalist
The European Court has asked the Azerbaijani Government to account for a serious physical and verbal assault on journalist Idrak Abbasov by SOCAR security officers in April 2012.
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Yale students conduct research for EHRAC case on internet restrictions in Azerbaijan
Students from Yale Law School are collaborating with EHRAC lawyers on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan.