Azerbaijan: Prosecutor-General's Office summons website editors over “false” reports

The editors of Mia.az, Cumhuriyyet.az, Gundeminfo.az, Criminal.az, Strateq.az, Istiqlal.az, JAM.az and other websites were told to stop publishing such reports or face criminal charges.

Azerbaijan’s online media covered extensively the dismissals and arrests of senior officials of the ministries of national security and communications in the past month, mostly citing anonymous sources.

The country has yet to decriminalize libel.