Baku / 09.02.20 / Turan: During the voting in the parliamentary elections, attacks on journalists were recorded in a number of polling stations in the morning. According to the videos posted on social networks, this happened in the 23rd constituency (precinct No. 1) in the center of Baku and in the 76th Lankaran constituency (precinct No. 30).
Members of election commissions and unknown persons interfere with the work of journalists, expel them and break their cameras.
There are also numerous reports of similar aggression against media workers in other areas. The CEC has not yet responded to what is happening. -02D-
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