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Abzas Media

Case HistoryStatus: Pre-trial detention
Rights: 
#Freedom of Expression
#Journalism
#Corruption
Violations:
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
Location: 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Azerbaijan

Abzas Media is a human rights online media outlet in Azerbaijan. The focus of its work involves investigating corruption within the Azerbaijani authorities. 

The space for human rights defenders (HRDs) and NGOs has been steadily shrinking in Azerbaijan. A number of legislative amendments have been adopted in recent years that restrict the work of HRDs and put their activities under strict governmental control. The roundup of the most prominent HRDs and their subsequent trials and imprisonment indicate that Azerbaijan is well on the road towards authoritarianism, seemingly adopting a Russian-style contempt of civil society.

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