{"id":2603,"date":"2021-06-28T12:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:56:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/support-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png\" alt=\"Free our journalists!\" class=\"wp-image-325868\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"current-events\"><h2>The Meydan TV Case<\/h2><div class=\"current-events-grid\"><div class=\"current-events_left\"><p class=\"current-events-date\">7 August 2026 23:27<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/meydan-tv-case-the-conscience-of-azerbaijani-society-is-on-trial\/\"><h3>Meydan TV case: \u201cThe conscience of Azerbaijani society is on trial\u201d<\/h3><\/a><p class=\"current-events-date\">4 July 2026 03:09<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/meydan-tv-trial-resumes-in-baku-following-changes-to-judges-and-prosecutor\/\"><h3>Meydan TV trial resumes in Baku following changes to judges and prosecutor<\/h3><\/a><p class=\"current-events-date\">10 June 2026 17:07<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/lawyers-the-trial-in-the-meydan-tv-case-may-start-over\/\"><h3>Lawyers: The trial in the Meydan TV case may start over<\/h3><\/a><p class=\"current-events-date\">2 June 2026 14:23<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/meydan-tv-shortlisted-for-international-free-media-pioneer-award\/\"><h3>Meydan TV shortlisted for International Free Media Pioneer Award<\/h3><\/a><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/section\/the-meydan-tv-case\/\">All posts on this topic<\/a><\/div><div class=\"current-events_right\"><a class=\"pinned\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/detained-meydan-tv-journalists-begin-hunger-strike\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_6412_720-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><h3>Imprisoned Meydan TV journalists begin hunger strike<\/h3><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f41fcb68 gb-headline-text\">Editor&#8217;s pick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query editors-pick is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-347896 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-analysis category-editors-pick category-featured-en category-news tag-azerbaijan tag-blocking-of-websites tag-digital-regulation tag-government-repression infinite-scroll-item generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33 no-featured-image-padding\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-evolution-of-digital-regulation-in-azerbaijan-from-website-blocking-to-platform-governance\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/3efc7f04-c551-48c8-8b5d-b5b6feb67099-e1784548351988.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The evolution of digital regulation in Azerbaijan: From website blocking to platform governance\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-evolution-of-digital-regulation-in-azerbaijan-from-website-blocking-to-platform-governance\/\" target=\"_self\" >The evolution of digital regulation in Azerbaijan: From website blocking to platform governance<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-803e2d93 gb-headline-text\">About us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Inform active members of the society about the state of affairs in politics, economy and social issues; and provide a platform for open and diverse discussions on all topical issues concerning Azerbaijani society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/en\/about-us\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2abbe25e gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"\/en\/section\/video\/\">Politics<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 feat-grid even-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/aliyevs-uzbekistan-visit-eternal-friendship-and-family-business-expansion\/\" aria-label=\"Aliyev&#8217;s Uzbekistan visit: &#8216;Eternal friendship&#8217; and family business expansion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/perz-800x377.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/aliyevs-uzbekistan-visit-eternal-friendship-and-family-business-expansion\/\">Aliyev&#8217;s Uzbekistan visit: &#8216;Eternal friendship&#8217; and family business expansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/deportation-international-wanted-list-mark-new-escalation-in-baku-moscow-tensions\/\" aria-label=\"Deportation, \u2018international wanted list\u2019 mark new escalation in Baku-Moscow tensions\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutterstock_2080256083-800x547.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/deportation-international-wanted-list-mark-new-escalation-in-baku-moscow-tensions\/\">Deportation, \u2018international wanted list\u2019 mark new escalation in Baku-Moscow tensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/berlin-police-blocked-a-demonstration-by-political-emigrants-during-ilham-aliyevs-visit\/\" aria-label=\"Berlin police blocked a demonstration by political emigrants during Ilham Aliyev\u2019s visit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/0321-1-800x547.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/berlin-police-blocked-a-demonstration-by-political-emigrants-during-ilham-aliyevs-visit\/\">Berlin police blocked a demonstration by political emigrants during Ilham Aliyev\u2019s visit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-810071a9 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"\/en\/section\/investigations\/\">Investigations<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 feat-grid grid-2-1 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/bribery-system-in-the-baku-investigation-detention-center-if-you-have-money-you-live-well\/\" aria-label=\"Bribery system in the Baku Investigation Detention Center: \u201cIf you have money, you live well\u201d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/000043-800x547.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/bribery-system-in-the-baku-investigation-detention-center-if-you-have-money-you-live-well\/\">Bribery system in the Baku Investigation Detention Center: \u201cIf you have money, you live well\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-hidden-hand-behind-baku-tv-and-report-adnan-ahmadzade\/\" aria-label=\"The hidden hand behind \u201cBaku TV\u201d and \u201cReport\u201d \u2013 Adnan Ahmadzade\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/684577-800x547.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-hidden-hand-behind-baku-tv-and-report-adnan-ahmadzade\/\">The hidden hand behind \u201cBaku TV\u201d and \u201cReport\u201d \u2013 Adnan Ahmadzade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/million-manat-state-tenders-awarded-to-son-of-government-official\/\" aria-label=\"Million-Manat state tenders awarded to son of government official\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/icra-800x547.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/million-manat-state-tenders-awarded-to-son-of-government-official\/\">Million-Manat state tenders awarded to son of government official<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s pick About us Inform active members of the society &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Imprisoned Meydan TV journalists begin hunger strike\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/detained-meydan-tv-journalists-begin-hunger-strike\/#more-332746\" aria-label=\"Read more about Imprisoned Meydan TV journalists begin hunger strike\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2603","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meydan TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News, politics, social, regional, research, analytics and video. Azerbaijan&#039;s alternative and independent media outlet.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meydan TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News, politics, social, regional, research, analytics and video. Azerbaijan&#039;s alternative and independent media outlet.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T16:56:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meydan TV","description":"News, politics, social, regional, research, analytics and video. Azerbaijan's alternative and independent media outlet.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meydan TV","og_description":"News, politics, social, regional, research, analytics and video. Azerbaijan's alternative and independent media outlet.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","og_site_name":"MEYDAN.TV","article_modified_time":"2025-03-12T16:56:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","name":"Meydan TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png","datePublished":"2021-06-28T12:24:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-12T16:56:01+00:00","description":"News, politics, social, regional, research, analytics and video. Azerbaijan's alternative and independent media outlet.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1200-eng.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Ana s\u0259hif\u0259","item":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","name":"MEYDAN.TV","description":"Meydan TV Az\u0259rbaycan\u0131n media m\u0259kan\u0131ndak\u0131 alternativ s\u0259sidir","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#organization","name":"Meydan TV","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meydan-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meydan-logo.svg","width":195,"height":46,"caption":"Meydan TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327626,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2603\/revisions\/327626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}