Institute for Reporters Freedom and Safety (IRFS) issued a statement condemning the targeted attacks on journalists and interference with their work while covering opposition protests last Saturday in the center of Baku. More than 20 journalists were detained by police and were not admitted to the place of action.
Moreover, during the campaign the employee of the newspaper "Yeni Musavat" Faraim Ilgaroglu, photo correspondent of Turan agency, Etimad Budagov, employee site "Media Forum" Amid Suleymanov, and reporter of the IRFS, Rasim Aliyev were subjected to pressure. They were all in identifying vests marked "Press". But that did not stop the police to beat journalists.
IRFS calls on the authorities to punish police officers who commit violence against journalists, to prevent such things in the future.—06D—
Politics
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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