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An appeal court in Azerbaijan has rejected a bid to free prominent defence lawyer Zabil Qahramanov, who will remain in custody until late July as prosecutors finalise their investigation.

An imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist has urged the country's children to "seek the truth" and question government narratives, in a letter published on International Children's Day.

Iran has executed two men accused of rioting during recent anti-government protests, amid reports from rights groups that they were Kurdish political prisoners put to death in secret.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has begun final negotiations in Geneva to establish the first legally binding global rules protecting digital platform workers.

The family of jailed Azerbaijani media expert Alasgar Mammadli say prison authorities in Baku have denied him a visit from his 82-year-old mother.

A committee of the Council of Europe has warned of a total collapse of media freedom in Azerbaijan, accusing authorities of systematically dismantling democratic pluralism.

The Council of Europe has warned that a sharp rise in cross-border repression by authoritarian governments is posing a direct threat to national sovereignty and international law.

The son of an Azerbaijani member of parliament has been awarded state contracts worth 66.5 million manats (£31m) to build residential housing in the city of Shusha.

Newly released audio recordings of Azerbaijani tech expert Ilgar Aliyev, who died in prison this month, reveal he accused police of torturing him and planting drugs to secure a conviction.

An Azerbaijani court has sentenced devout activist Elshan Guliyev to four years in prison after downgrading drug charges that he maintains were fabricated.

Turkish police have evicted opposition leader Özgür Özel and his supporters from the headquarters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Ankara, following a court ruling that reinstated his predecessor.

Georgia's state media regulator has fined the opposition-leaning television channel Formula for breaching impartiality standards, in the first such sanction under controversial new broadcasting laws.