RFI and France 24 are continuing investigations into imprisoned journalists from the independent Azeri media outlet Abzas Media. The journalists also return to the continued cooperation between European institutions and the country's judicial and penitentiary system.
As the presidential election which will take place in Azerbaijan on February 7 approaches, repression has increased against opponents of President Ilham Aliyev. The Gedabek gold mine in western Azerbaijan has caused great tensions in Azerbaijan. Residents of Söyüdlü, in the west of the country, demonstrated against the plan to build a second waste storage lake.