Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court rejects appeals of seven Abzas Media and RFE/RL journalists jailed for 7.5 to 9 years on currency-smuggling charges

Azerbaijani court sentences nine Toplum TV and civil-society figures to 12 to 15 years over foreign funding

Azerbaijan jailed the ex-head of state oil company SOCAR's drilling unit for 14 years over embezzlement of about $31.8 million, which prosecutors say involved shell companies and relatives on the payroll