“Freedom of the Internet”, the fourth report from human rights organization Freedom House will be published October 3 in Washington, DC. The report covers access to Internet, censorship, tariffs and user rights in 60 countries of the world. The organization's experts provide estimates of the main trends on the state on freedom of digital media. Senator Sherrod Brown and Mr. Stefansson, Iceland's Ambassador to the U.S. will participate in the discussion on the state of freedom of the Internet.
Sanja Kelly, Director of the «Internet Freedom», etc, will present the report. Previous reports from this organization explored the serious restrictions and problems of access to the Internet in Azerbaijan, on the issues of surveillance and harassment by intelligence agencies toward bloggers and citizens who criticize the government online.
Since the last report, the situation in Azerbaijan on this topic has deteriorated. -02D-
Politics
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The mother of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on a hunger strike for the 45th day in prison, appealed to the public on July 28 to help free her son and save him from death.
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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