In 2012, Georgi Vanyan, an actor and director turned peace activist, had a radical idea: to organize an Azerbaijani film festival inside Armenia.
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Arzu Geybulla discusses political imprisonment, the stifling of voices in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and her expectations for the two countries’ unsteady futures.
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In this Freedom Chat, Lindsay Bayne speaks with blogger, journalist, and human rights activist Arzu Geybulla. Currently living in Istanbul, Geybulla discusses press freedom, corruption, and political imprisonment in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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As the European Games take place in Baku, exiled Azerbaijani journalist Idrak Abbasov shares the true story of media censorship in Azerbaijan.
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Index on Censorship calls on the international community to put pressure on Azerbaijan to respect freedom of expression.
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It’s not easy to be a dissident blogger in some countries. This list by esglobal spotlights such activists, whose fundamental rights are being restricted.
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This week: the U.S. government’s attack on press freedom, calling out China on censorship, and Singapore to require news websites to be licensed.
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