Azerbaijan detains two more journalists as watchdogs denounce crackdown

Shamshad Agha, editor of the news website Argument, is taken to court in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Feb. 6, 2025. Agha is one of more than 20 Azeri journalists detained since November 2023.

Azerbaijani authorities detained two more journalists this week, bringing the number held in the past year to nearly two dozen.