Azerbaijan - Open letter to President François Hollande on the occasion of his official visit to Azerbaijan

Reporters without borders

Subject: The State of Press Freedom in Azerbaijan Dear Mr. President, As you prepare for an official visit to Baku on 11 and 12 May, Reporters Without Borders, an international organization that campaigns for freedom of information, wishes to draw your attention to the elimination of media pluralism in Azerbaijan. The country lies in 160th place out of 180 in our 2014 World Press Freedom Index. In a media sector already largely controlled by the authorities, the crackdown on journalists, (...)

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