Azerbaijan - Main opposition daily on verge of suffocation: its editor speaks out

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the decision by an Azeri court to freeze the bank accounts of the opposition newspaper Azadlig, on 5 November 2012. “This illegal decision is a decisive phase in moves over the past few months to suffocate Azadlig,” the press freedom organization said. “Exorbitant fines and a deliberate attempt to squeeze its circulation have put the newspaper in a precarious position, further exacerbated by its bank account being frozen. The paper's survival is (...)

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