Participants in the event in Berlin will call on Merkel to raise in Baku the issue of freedom of speech
Баку/14.08.18/Turan: Before Chancellor Merkel's trip to Azerbaijan, Reporters Without Borders and the Institute for Reporters" Freedom and Safety would like to inform you about the rigorous persecution of journalists and activists under President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijan is one of the countries with most imprisoned media professionals in the world, eleven journalists and two bloggers are currently in prison for their work. Many of them are denied adequate medical treatment. Several oppositional media outlets have been closed in recent years. Even in exile, regime critics are persecuted, as exemplified by the abduction of Afghan Mukhtarli from Georgia or the threats against exiled journalists in Germany and France.
The participants of the event are going to draw Angela Merkel's attention to these problems and put these questions before official Baku during the visit.-02D-
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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