# Sustained censorship in AZ (2026-10)

**Country:** 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (AZ)
**Date:** 2026-10-07
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 9 days of elevated network interference averaging 100.0% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 80%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 9
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 5 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 5 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 3 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 5/5 probes blocked (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 3 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 8 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 8 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 4 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 4 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- **Intent** — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- **Which networks** — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — multiple qualifying evidence source labels do not establish target/time agreement or source independence.

## Data Sources

censoredplanet, ooni

These source labels come from qualifying linked evidence. Historical incident source labels and quarantined observations are excluded; multiple labels alone do not establish independent corroboration.

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in AZ (2026-10) [AZ-2026-1658]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/AZ-2026-1658

---
*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-09*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: AZ-2026-1658*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/AZ-2026-1658*