Azerbaijan: Authorities intensifying crackdown on independent media

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the news that another independent Azerbaijani journalist, Teymur Karimov, was arrested on Monday in Baku and now faces criminal charges, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s South Caucasus Researcher, said: “The arrest of Teymur Karimov follows a disturbing pattern of spurious charges being brought against journalists and other critical voices in Azerbaijan. What we are […] The post Azerbaijan: Authorities intensifying crackdown on independent media appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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