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Morningstar criticized Baku authorities over crackdown on free speech. BBC
16:34, 13 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS: USA Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard
Morningstar has criticized Azerbaijan for acting against a
Western-funded pro-democracy project called the Free Thought
University. As reports Armenpress, referring to BBC, prominent
authors, economists and political scientists regularly give lectures
in the university. `I think that in case of legal issues respectful
attitude towards peaceful rallies, independent and transparent courts
as well as relations of the government with its own citizens,
especially youth, are the best and the most efficient means in order
to establish stability in a democratic country,' Morningstar said.
Azerbaijani authorities linked the project to a youth movement called
N!DA, seven of whose members have been arrested.
The chief prosecutor's office denied that the university had been
closed, but said its officers had seized documents from the project.
From: A. Papazian
16:34, 13 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS: USA Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard
Morningstar has criticized Azerbaijan for acting against a
Western-funded pro-democracy project called the Free Thought
University. As reports Armenpress, referring to BBC, prominent
authors, economists and political scientists regularly give lectures
in the university. `I think that in case of legal issues respectful
attitude towards peaceful rallies, independent and transparent courts
as well as relations of the government with its own citizens,
especially youth, are the best and the most efficient means in order
to establish stability in a democratic country,' Morningstar said.
Azerbaijani authorities linked the project to a youth movement called
N!DA, seven of whose members have been arrested.
The chief prosecutor's office denied that the university had been
closed, but said its officers had seized documents from the project.
From: A. Papazian