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Azerbaijan - Netizen Bakhtiyar Hajiev refused bail

Reporters without borders
A second hearing in netizen Bahthiyar Hajiev's trial before a Nizami district court in the city of Ganja was held yesterday. Facing a charge of desertion (under article 321.1 of the penal code) brought against him in January, he was arrested on 4 March after calling on Facebook for demonstrations against the government. He faces two years behind bars if convicted. A graduate of Harvard and a former opposition candidate, Hajiev has complained of being a victim of a politically-motivated (...)


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