Azerbaijan - One blogger denied parole, another pardoned

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its support for the jailed blogger and activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and calls for his immediate release after Judge Reshad Mustafaev, presiding a hearing in the Baku district of Garadagh, yesterday rejected a request for his release on parole. Hajiyev's lawyer, Intigam Aliyev, described the proceedings as biased and politically motivated. No attention had been paid to defence objections, he said, announcing his intention to refer the case to the European (...)

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