‘Donkey Bloggers’ campaign gains strength with protests in Paris and London
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Azerbaijani Profile: Elmar Huseynov
Friends of Azerbaijan will be profiling important or influential Azerbaijani figures. Our first profile looks at Elmar Huseynov, an award winning …
London protest calls for fair trial for bloggers in Azerbaijan
Friends of Azerbaijan joined a host of other individuals all with the …
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CPJ delegation presses for Fatullayev’s freedom
In Washington today, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists delivered …
Blogger trial ends with 2yr sentence
Today, 11th November 2009, two bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli were charged with hooliganism after a long drawn out trial and sentenced to 2 and 2.5 years in jail.
Human rights groups and other national and international organisations and political figures across the globe have called out in criticism aginst this verdict which is not based on any hard evidence and widely believed to be a political act to silence dissent from individuals in the country.
Join the campaign by submitting your own video blog of support for Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, follow this link http://videopetition.blogspot.com/ for details.
‘Global Voices’ monitor Blogger trial
Global Voices article Azerbaijan: Detained Bloggers go on Trial details the proceedings of the court hearing for Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade which took place on Friday 4th September 2009.
The article includes …
Journalist dies whilst in detention
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for an independent investigation into the death …
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