Ministry of National Security (MNS) blackmails journalist

At a press conference on Friday in the Media Center, Yafez Akramoglu, Nakhchivan  correspondent of Radio "Azadlig"  spoke about persecution, threats and blackmail.

On April 3 a package was  delivered  to his home with a letter full of blackmail and threats.

The package also enclosed a CD featuring nude women, correspondence from facebook, and a recording of an intimate conversation between the unidentified man and woman.

"The next day  a man called me and introduced  himself as an employee of the MNS of  Nakhchivan. He said that the package  was sent by the MNS, and asked me to stop writing negative information about Nakhchivan. He also offered money, which I refused," said the journalist.

"My reports  have troubled the leadership of Nakhchivan, because all the materials and journalistic  investigations are associated with the violation of human rights and arbitrary power,"  said Akramoglu.

Responsibility for anything which  may happen in the future to him and his family, lies with the leadership of Nakhchivan. He also said that  the editorial office  of "Azadlig" spoke to the Ministry of Interior, General Prosecutor Office and the Ministry of National Security in connection with the incident.

A journalist-investigator, Khadija Ismayilova, in turn, believes that the responsibility for possible action against Akramoglu and his family not only  lies with the leadership of Nakhchivan, but the Interior Ministry, General Prosecutor Office and other relevant departments. She believes there is a fault when journalists  must  constantly demand an answer from  the agencies,  for their crimes against journalists, including the murder of Elmar Huseynov and Rafiq Tagi. -04С-