"Meydan TV"

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has called for the release of all arrested journalists in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani historian and public figure Dr. Jamil Hasanli has sharply criticized the recent wave of arrests targeting journalists, comparing the situation to the mass repressions of 1937 under Soviet...

Meydan TV journalist Aitaj Tapdyg (Akhmedova) was detained as a suspect for 48 hours, her lawyer Javad Javadov told journalists.

Meydan TV journalist Hayala Agayeva has been detained as a suspect, her lawyer Nazim Musayev told reporters.

Freelance journalist Ramin Deco has been detained as a suspect. He is charged with "smuggling of foreign currency".

An ambulance was called to the Baku city police headquarters late in the evening for the Meydan TV journalist detained today.

Lawyer Nazim Musayev was not allowed to defend Meydan TV journalist Khayali Agayeva.

Meydan TV stated that the detention of the publication's employees and the alleged charges against them were unfounded.