Azerbaijan: “There is no official censorship - but anyone doing real journalism is at risk.”

Headline Title: Azerbaijan: The risks of doing 'real' journalism 03 May 2012 The journey from an Azerbaijani prison cell to London’s School of Oriental and African Studies is perhaps not the most conventional route for a student to take.But it does mean Emin Milli’s interest in freedom of expression and using digital platforms to speak out and to bypass state restrictions is very much first hand.The campaigner is now writing a dissertation on the new media and the Arab revolutions. But it was his own campaigning in Azerbaijan – using blogs, Facebook and Twitter – to reveal…

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