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    BAKU CRITICIZES U.S., NORWEGIAN EMBASSIES' REACTION TO JOURNALIST VERDICT

    Interfax News Agency
    Russia & CIS Presidential Bulletin
    March 11, 2008
    Russia

    Baku was bewildered by recent statements from the U.S. and Norwegian
    Embassies in Baku over the verdict issued to the opposition Azadlyg
    newspaper's editor-in-chief, Ganimet Zakhidov.

    "We very much regret the statements made by these embassies," spokesman
    for the Azeri Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibragim told a press conference
    on Tuesday.

    "The stand taken by the global community, including these countries,
    on the outrageous human rights violations that took place in Armenia
    in recent days, was very inappropriately soft," he said.

    "This is why we cannot understand such a reaction from the U.S. and
    Norwegian embassies, and we hope this will not happen again. Such
    a reaction on their part is a manifestation of double standards,"
    Ibragim said

    Last Friday Zakhidov was sentenced to four years in prison on charges
    of unruly behavior and assault. The Norwegian and U.S. embassies
    condemned the verdict and called for Zakhidov's release.
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