Azerbaijan - Detained journalists at risk in Azerbaijan's prisons

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is deeply concerned about two Azeri journalists, Avaz Zeynalli and Hilal Mammadov, who have been held arbitrarily in prison for several months. “Journalists imprisoned in Azerbaijan suffer a double penalty,” the press freedom organization said. “They are deprived of their freedom and also must endure ill-treatment, harassment and privations of all kinds. By its action, the Baku government is violating Azeri law and its international obligations “We urge the prison (...)

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