VOA Journalist Attacked in Azerbaijan

A security official attacked a freelance journalist who works for VOA's Azerbaijan service Thursday as he covered a student demonstration in Baku.   The chief of the university security personnel tried to break Tapdig Farhadoglu's camera, hit him and kicked him in the leg in an attempt to try to get him stop recording the demonstration. Farhadoglu, who has reported for VOA for more than 10 years, later told his editors at VOA that his injuries were minor.   Farhadoglu was...

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