Press Day is celebrated in Azerbaijan on July 22. On this day in 1875, the first newspaper in Azerbaijan "Akinçi" ("Sower") was published. According to some experts, the state of the modern Azerbaijani press is unsatisfactory. In recent years, dozens of journalists have been arrested, many newspapers have been closed, and several independent and opposition websites have been blocked.Azerbaijan ranks 167th out of 180 countries in the ...
