Under the amendments signed into law on 3 February, the justice ministry can now ask a court to close any news outlet if it gets foreign funding or if it is found guilty of defamation twice in the space of a year.“This tightening of the media legislation is just the latest example of the Aliyev regime’s more and more draconian measures,” said Johann Bihr, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk.“The only su...

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