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– Azerbaijan: Independent news director Mehman Aliyev jailed (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 28, 2017

If the Azerbaijani authorities truly have well-founded financial claims against the Turan news agency, there is no reason these could not be sorted out without resort to prison or other excess, HRW said. It's not too late for Azerbaijan to come clean, and free news director Mehman Aliyev.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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