Azerbaijan - Leading journalists and activists arrested at protest, mistreated

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the arrest of many leading journalists and netizens during a demonstration in Baku on 26 January, and the mistreatment to which they were subjected before being released. “There seems to be no limit to the Aliyev regime's contempt for fundamental freedoms,” Reporters Without Borders Christophe Deloire said. “The brutal treatment of leading figures in the fight for human rights and freedom of information was unacceptable and was clearly an act of (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mardi 29 janvier 2013