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CPJ URGES BAKU TO HALT MEDIA CRACKDOWN
TERT.AM
21:36 ~U 13.03.13
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev to halt a media crackdown.
In a statement issued on March 13, CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon
reminded Aliyev that Baku had proclaimed that it was committed to
democratic reforms.
Simon harshly criticized Azerbaijani authorities for the imprisonment
of several independent journalists, including the chief editor of the
"Xural" (Parliament) newspaper, Avaz Zeynalli, RFE/RL reported.
Zeynalli was found guilty on March 13 of extorting and accepting a
bribe from a former parliament deputy and sentenced to nine years
in prison.
Zeynalli insists the case against him was connected with his work as
a journalist.
The CPJ statement also criticized Azerbaijani courts for failing to
investigate attacks against journalists and ordering independent news
outlets to pay large fines in defamation cases.
From: A. Papazian
TERT.AM
21:36 ~U 13.03.13
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev to halt a media crackdown.
In a statement issued on March 13, CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon
reminded Aliyev that Baku had proclaimed that it was committed to
democratic reforms.
Simon harshly criticized Azerbaijani authorities for the imprisonment
of several independent journalists, including the chief editor of the
"Xural" (Parliament) newspaper, Avaz Zeynalli, RFE/RL reported.
Zeynalli was found guilty on March 13 of extorting and accepting a
bribe from a former parliament deputy and sentenced to nine years
in prison.
Zeynalli insists the case against him was connected with his work as
a journalist.
The CPJ statement also criticized Azerbaijani courts for failing to
investigate attacks against journalists and ordering independent news
outlets to pay large fines in defamation cases.
From: A. Papazian