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Journalist’s relatives beaten, home attacked with excavator — RSF
The severe beating of members of journalist Idrak Abbasov ‘s family and the partial destruction of their home in a Baku suburb with a mechanical shovel on 9 September on the grounds that it was built illegally have highlighted the surprising brutality of the methods sometimes used by the Azerbaijani authorities to censor and intimidate. The attack was carried out by security personnel working for the state-owned Binagadi Oil Company, whose illegal activities were being investigated by Abbasov, a member of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), an Azerbaijani NGO
Azerbaijan – Embassy cable confirmed government harassment of RFE/RL — Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Cable 09BAKU6 A classified cable to the US State Department from the US chargé d'affaires in Baku, Donald Lu, on 6
Attacks on the Press 2010: Azerbaijan
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Top Developments• European Court orders release of Eynulla Fatullayev; government still jails editor.
• News sites report periodic blocking, typically
The Dangerous World of Cold War Broadcasting | Richard H Cummings | Historytimes.com
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 01, 2010 -- Murders of journalists by intelligence services of dictatorial regimes and other enemies of free
Azerbaijan – Obama urged to press Aliyev for release of journalist and two bloggers
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders wrote to US President Barack Obama asking him to request the release of journalist Eynulla Fatullayev and bloggers
Azerbaijan – Nine NGOs issue joint statement on deterioration of freedom of expression ahead of elections
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan conducted a three-day freedom of expression mission to Azerbaijan from 7-9 September, during which they







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