Ilham Aliyev made it clear that will not restore the office of "Radio Azadlig"

the International criticism is irrelevant and no one can blame the Azerbaijani authorities for violations of  the rights of journalists, said  Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with a group of foreign journalists who came to the conference of news agencies in Baku.

Indignation of  Aliyev was caused by the question from the Vice-President of the Associated Press John Danishevskii about the persecution of journalists and their arrest on false charges, citing the example of business Internet radio "Freedom" Khadija Ismayilova, and closure of the office of the radio. What can  Baku do to restore the confidence of the international community?

Asking this  question Aliyev said he did not understand what was meant by the international community? "How can we talk about the limitation of freedom of the press, if there is a free internet works in our country, there is no censorship, 75% of the population uses the Internet,"  he said, evading  direct answer.

He then went on the attack to the West on crimes against journalists, citing the example of the case of Julian Assange, who is hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and  there is a "threat of extradition and the death penalty for some connection with some woman,"  Aliyev said. "Is such  treatment  the journalist democratic?" he said. -02D-