Youth Blogger Arrested
PEN International is alarmed by the continuing harsh treatment of journalists and activists in Azerbaijan as illustrated by the recent arrest of the youth activist and blogger Zaur Gurbanli,… More
Writer Rafiq Tagi Dies in Hospital Following Violent Attack
Rafiq Tagi, an Azerbaijani writer and longstanding critic of political Islam, died after suffering multiple stab wounds in an attack in the Azerbaijani capital on November 19, 2011. More
Writer Rafiq Tagi Receives Multiple Stab Wounds in Violent Attack
On November 19, 2011, writer and journalist Rafiq Tagi received multiple stab wounds in a violent attack carried out by two unidentified assailants as he was returning home from… More
Eynulla Fatullayev Freed After Four Years in Prison
PEN International is delighted to learn of yesterday's release of Eynulla Fatullayev, a journalist who had become emblematic of the struggle for free expression in Azerbaijan. More
Journalist Kidnapped and Beaten
PEN International is alarmed by the recent kidnapping and beating of journalist Seymur Khaziyev. More
Two Bloggers Freed But Eynulla Fatullayev Remains in Prison
Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, who remains in prison despite a European Court of Human Rights’ ruling that he should be freed. Bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade have at… More
Eynulla Fatullayev Caged for Appeal Hearing
PEN International condemns the humiliating treatment of journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, who was caged by Azerbaijani authorities at his recent appeal hearing. More
Eynulla Fatullayev Convicted on Drug Charge
International PEN urges Azerbaijan to immediately comply with the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling that journalist Eynulla Fatullayev be released from prison. More
Eynulla Fatullayev Has Been Unfairly Tried
International PEN welcomes the April 22, 2010 decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled unanimously that Eynulla Fatullayev’s 2007 convictions were contrary to his right freedom… More
Internet Writers’ Sentences Upheld
International PEN strongly protests the recent decision of the Baku Court of Appeal to uphold the two-year and two-and-a-half-year prison sentences handed down to Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade… More