Azerbaijan - Editor ends hunger strike after four days

Reporters without borders

Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev on the 6th ended the hunger strike he began on 2 June to draw attention to his fate and to press the government to free him. The local media covered his protest during the weekend and reiterated calls for his release. The authorities have shown no sign of responding to all the expressions of support for Fatullayev or to a European Court of Human Rights ruling that his detention is illegal, Reporters Without Borders reiterates its support for (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 7 juin 2010