Lamiya Adilgizi
Lamiya Adilgizi is CPJ's Russia correspondent, based in Berlin. Her previous work has been featured by the BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Forbidden Stories, openDemocracy, and other international outlets. She speaks Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, German, and English. Follow her on LinkedIn.
Russian independent journalists fear MAX app, new online restrictions will hinder reporting
As Russian authorities tighten the screw on popular messaging app Telegram and promote a state-backed “super app” that observers say could act as a surveillance tool, independent journalists and media outlets inside and outside Russia say it will become more difficult to report stories securely and stay connected to audiences. President Vladimir Putin is pushing…
Home or exile? Syrian journalists grapple with new realities post-Assad
After almost 14 years of civil war, the lightning overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in December has unleashed the possibility of returning home for hundreds of exiled journalists. For Ahmad Primo, who was arrested by the government for reporting that the 2011 protests were a revolution and then jailed by Islamic State, the idea…