Kadija Is Free

Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has been released from prison in Azerbaijan. Khadija, who turns 40 on Friday, had been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison on trumped-up financial charges in September 2015, having been detained since December 2014. The remainder of her sentence was commuted to a three-year conditional sentence. She Continue Reading →

Press Freedom Day 2016

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova “I call on everyone to stand united in defending and encouraging press freedom and the right to access to information. This is essential for human rights and dignity, for our aspirations for sustainable development, for common determination to build lasting peace.” Every year, on the 3rd Continue Reading →