Azerbaijan - Repression unleashed against information freedom defenders

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Campaign targets include major media support NGOs The Azerbaijani government has been waging an unprecedented drive since July against human rights advocates, independent journalists, and their supporters. On 14 May, Azerbaijan assumed the chairmanship of the Council of Europe's ministerial committee. Recent events make clear that the country is the most repressive of the council's 47 members. A number of media-support organizations and their leaders are targets of the campaign. The (...)

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