Azerbaijan - Deep concern about journalist's abduction by police

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about Shirin Abbasov, a young reporter held incommunicado for the past two days. He is the latest victim of the government's persecution of journalists working for Meydan TV, a Berlin-based online TV station that covers Azerbaijan. Abbasov disappeared without trace in Baku on 16 September while on his way to the university. His lawyer, who has not been allowed to see him, thinks he is being held by the MIA, a police unit that is supposed to (...)

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