Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan's detained journalists must be released

Reporters without borders

Four journalists wrongly held in prison for many months appeared in court in Baku yesterday in three separate cases. The trial of Hilal Mammadov, held in custody since June last year, opened before the serious crimes court in the Azeri capital. In addition, new hearings were held in the cases of Khayal TV journalists Vugar Gonagov and Zaur Guliyev, behind bars since March last year, and of Avaz Zeynalli, editor of the daily Khural who has been in prison since October 2011. Reporters Without (...)

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