The Azerbaijani authorities must ensure a prompt and fair retrial after a new, impartial, investigation of independent journalist Avaz Zeynali, Amnesty International said after a Baku court sentenced him to nine years in prison in an unfair trial on charges that appear to have been politically motivated. The court should also strongly consider his release pending the retrial. Under international law anyone held on a criminal charge is entitled to...

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