Click to expand Image Police removing journalists from Toplum TV on March 6, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images An Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison. It is the harshest verdict since the government began its ongoing crackdown on independent journalism.The Baku Grave Crimes Court handed down the sentences in the so-called Toplum TV case. Akif Gurbanov and Ruslan Izzatli, affiliated with the Third Republic civic platform which co-produced Toplum TV’s programming, received 15-year sentences. Toplum TV co-founder Alasgar Mammadli received a 14-year sentence, as did Ali Zeynalov, a researcher at the Democratic Initiatives Institute, an independent organization that supports public initiatives and promotes democratic principles, human rights, and transparent elections in Azerbaijan. Democratic Initiatives Institute staff members Ramil Babayev and Ilkin Amrahov and video editor Mushfig Jabbarov received 13 years each. Journalists Farid Ismayilov and Elmir Abbasov were sentenced to 12 years each.The authorities initially accused the nine of currency smuggling, later adding other financial crimes. All denied the charges and said the prosecutions were politically motivated.Toplum TV’s editor, Shahnaz Beylergizi, remains under a travel ban while authorities investigate her on similar charges, in a separate case.The sentences are the longest imposed during Azerbaijan’s yearslong campaign against independent media and civil society. They exceed the terms of between seven-and-a-half and nine years imposed on AbzasMedia journalists in June 2025 and upheld by the Supreme Court in April 2026.Toplum TV was among Azerbaijan’s last independent news outlets before the authorities began arresting its staff and associates in 2024. The authorities have used similar currency smuggling allegations against journalists from AbzasMedia and Meydan TV. The trial of 12 Meydan TV journalists and media workers remains ongoing.Azerbaijan’s restrictive regulatory framework has largely excluded independent media and civil society groups from lawful avenues for operating and accessing funding, forcing many to work at the margins of the law and leaving them vulnerable to retaliatory prosecutions on spurious financial charges.The Azerbaijani authorities should seek to have the convictions voided and those imprisoned released, and end the politically motivated prosecutions of journalists and media workers. Azerbaijan’s international partners should publicly condemn the sentences, press the authorities to release those imprisoned, and make clear that continued repression of independent media will have consequences for political, economic, and security cooperation. Your tax deductible gift can help stop human rights violations and save lives around the world. Region / Country Azerbaijan Europe/Central Asia Topic Free Speech Press Freedom More Reading June 16, 2026 Dispatches Rights Defender Sentenced to 8 Years in Azerbaijan June 12, 2026 Dispatches Azerbaijan Rearrests Journalist Forcibly Returned from Georgia Reports January 7, 2026 Report Silencing the Streets The Right to Protest Under Attack in the United Kingdom July 30, 2025 Report Disrupted, Throttled, and Blocked State Censorship, Control, and Increasing Isolation of Internet Users in Russia More Reading June 16, 2026 Dispatches Rights Defender Sentenced to 8 Years in Azerbaijan June 12, 2026 Dispatches Azerbaijan Rearrests Journalist Forcibly Returned from Georgia Most Viewed November 12, 2018 News Release Pakistan: Girls Deprived of Education August 6, 2026 Report Lebanon: Israel’s Killing of Journalist an Apparent War Crime November 25, 2019 Report A Dirty Investment July 25, 2017 Report “I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me” December 14, 2017 Report “They Were Men in Uniform” Share this via Facebook Share this via Bluesky Share this via X Share this via WhatsApp Share this via Email More sharing options Share this via LinkedIn Share this via Reddit Share this via Telegram Share this via Printer
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Click to expand Image Police removing journalists from Toplum TV on March 6, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images An Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison. It is the harshest verdict since the gover…
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الوزن هو نقاط الموضوع في قاموس التصنيف، وهو ما يُبنى عليه مجموع الأولوية.
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كيانات المادة داخل الأرشيف
الرقم بجانب كل كيان هو عدد المواد التي ورد فيها داخل الأرشيف كله.
أماكن 1
منظمات 3
أشخاص 12
شبكة العلاقات
لا توجد مواد مطابقة بعد؛ هذه كيانات المادة كما استخرجتها المنظومة.
- مادة
- منظمة
- مكان
- شخص
العلاقات نفسها كقائمة
الكيانات المستخرجة
- Baku Grave Crimes Court منظمة
- Democratic Initiatives Institute منظمة
- Supreme Court منظمة
- Israel مكان
- Akif Gurbanov شخص
- Alasgar Mammadli شخص
- Ali Zeynalov شخص
- Aziz Karimov شخص
- Elmir Abbasov شخص
- Ilkin Amrahov شخص
- Internet Users شخص
- Mushfig Jabbarov شخص
و12 من أصل 16 كيانًا. الرسم يقتصر على أقوى العلاقات كي يبقى مقروءًا.
من غطّى الحدث نفسه
المواد التي طابقتها المنظومة مع هذا العنقود، مرتبة زمنيًا.
| التاريخ | المادة | المصدر | الملكية | الخطورة |
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| Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media Workers هذه المادة | Human Rights Watch | منظمة دولية | 52 |