Recommendations were adopted at the end of the conference organized by the Council of Europe and Azerbaijani Press Council on the theme “Defamation and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.”

"Roughly 70 percent of complaints to the Press Council of Azerbaijan came from the state and government employees."

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) Monitoring Committee appointed a new co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani parliament plans to make amendments and additions to the law "On Political Parties." "Additions and amendments to the law will be considered in the near future."